EPPO Global Database

Aleurocanthus woglumi(ALECWO)

Distribution details in Dominica

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2009: Present, no details
First recorded in: 1997
From CABI Pest map 091 (1995): Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2001/156) : introduced in 1997, biological control was implemented, only low numbers found in 2000 and none in 2001.
References
* Anonymous (2000) CARAPHIN - Plant Health Report 2000, 59 pp, IICA, Trinidad and Tobago.

* Country reports presented at the 11th session of the Caribbean Plant Protection Organization, Port of Spain, Trinidad, 2001-11-19/23.

* Lopez VF, Kairo MTK, Pollard GV, Pierre C, Commodore N, Dominique D (2009) Post-release survey to assess impact and potential host range expansion by Amitus hesperidum and Encarsia perplexa, two parasitoids introduced for the biological control of the citrus blackfly, Aleurocanthus woglumi in Dominica. BioControl 54(4), 497–503.

* Vasquez LL (2004) Lista de moscas blancas (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Aleyrodidae) y sus plantas hospedantes en al Caribe. Fitosanidad 8(4), 7-18.