EPPO Global Database

Aleurocanthus woglumi(ALECWO)

Distribution details in Trinidad and Tobago

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2001: Present, widespread
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (1999/177) : A. woglumi occurs in Trinidad and Tobago.

EPPO Reporting Service (2001/156) : first found near Port of Spain in 1998 (Trinidad), spread to whole country by 2000. Biological control implemented.
References
* Anonymous (1999) CARAPHIN - Plant Health Report 1998, 59 pp, IICA, Trinidad and Tobago.

* Anonymous (2000) CARAPHIN - Plant Health Report 2000, 59 pp, IICA, Trinidad and Tobago.

* Country report, CPPP 11th Session, Trinidad, 2001-11-19/23.

* White GL, Parkinson K (2001) Field rearing of Amitus hesperidum silvestri (Hymenoptera: Platygasteridae) for control of citrus blackfly Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) in Trinidad W.I. Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Caribbean Food Crops Society (Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 2001-07-15/20). https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/256666