EPPO Global Database

Aleurocanthus woglumi(ALECWO)

Distribution details in South Africa

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2019: Present, no details
First recorded in: 1959
From CABI Pest map 091 (1995): Present, no details
From NPPO: Present, few occurrences
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2001/171) : confirmed in Kwazulu-Natal
References
* Akrivou A, Georgopoulou I, Papachristos D, Milonas PG, Kriticos DJ (2021) Potential global distribution of Aleurocanthus woglumi considering climate change and irrigation. PLoS ONE 16(12), e0261626. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261626

* Bedford ECG, Thomas ED (1965) Biological control of the citrus blackfly Aleurocanthus woglumi (Ashby) (Homoptera: Aleurodidae) in South Africa Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 28(1), 117-132. https://hdl.handle.net/10520/AJA00128789_3068

* CIE A5122 (1959) Durban

* Grout TG, Stephen PR (2019) An update on the status of several whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) found on Citrus in South Africa. African Entomology 27(1), 254-257, (25 April 2019). https://doi.org/10.4001/003.027.0254

* NPPO of South Africa (1992).

* Van den Berg MA, Greenland J (2001) Pest status of two blackfly species on citrus in South Africa and Swaziland. African Plant Protection 7(1), 53–57. https://journals.co.za/doi/abs/10.10520/EJC87827