EPPO Global Database

Aonidiella citrina(AONDCI)

Distribution details in Italy

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2005: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1994
From CABI Pest map 349 (1997): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (1995/35) : outbreak in small area in Calabria in 1994.

EPPO Reporting Service (2002/134) : still confined to a limited area of the Sibari plain in Calabria. Absent from Sicilia

EPPO Reporting Service (2006/087) : still confined to this limited area
References
* Longo, S.; Mazzeo, G.; Russo, A.; Siscaro, G. (1994) Informatore Fitopatologico 44 (12), 19-25.
------- First record for Italy, in Calabria in 1992.

* Longo, S.; Mazzeo, V.; Palmeri, D.; Benfatto, D.; Maurello, S.; di Leo, A. (2001) New remarks on the distribution and biology of Aonidiella citrina (Coquillet) (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) in Italy. Bollettino di Zoologia Agraria e di Bachicoltura, Serie II, 33(3), 508-509.

* Palmeri V, Benfatto D, Mazzeo G, Di Leo A (2005) Observations on the yellow scale on citrus in Italy. Informatore Fitopatologico no. 3, 54-58.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Austria Absent, no pest record view...
France Corse Present, no details view...
France Present, restricted distribution view...
Slovenia Absent, no pest record view...