EPPO Global Database

Aphis citricidus(TOXOCI)

Distribution details in Costa Rica

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2010: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1989
From CABI Pest map 132 (1998): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
Reporting Service 527/15 of 1992-09: mainly in plantations in Alajuela province.
References
* Gottwald TR, Garnsey SM, Borbon J (1998) Increase and patterns of spread of citrus tristeza virus infections in Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic in the presence of the brown citrus aphid, Toxoptera citricida. Phytopathology 88, 621-636

* Lastra, R.; Leandro, G.; Meneses, R. (1990) Diagnosis of citrus tristeza virus and its vector in Costa Rica. Turrialba 40, 235-237.

* Voegtlin, D.; Villalobos, W. M. (1992) Florida Entomologist 75 (1), 161-162.
------- It is suggested that earlier reports of this species were misidentifications and that T. citricidus is a recent arrival in Central America.

* Yokomi RK, Lastra R, Stoetzel MB, Damsteegt VD, Lee RF, Garnsey SM, Gottwald TR, Rocha-Peña MA, Niblett CL (1994) Establishment of the brown citrus aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) in Central America and the Caribbean Basin and transmission of citrus tristeza virus. Journal of Economic Entomology 87(4), 1078-1085.
------- First observed in 1989.

* Zamora Mejias D, Hanson PE, Stary P (2010) Survey of the aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of Costa Rica with information on their aphid (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea): plant associations. Psyche doi:10.1155/2010/278643
------- On Citrus aurantium, C. sinensis and Zanthoxylum.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Nicaragua Present, no details view...
Panama Present, widespread view...