Ceroplastes rusci(CERPRU)
Distribution details in Malta
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2014: Present, no details
From CABI Pest map 373 (1993): Present, no details
From CABI Pest map 373 (1993): Present, no details
Found in survey, according to FAO consultants' report in 1994. Confirmed by Misfud et al. (2013).
* Mifsud D, Falzon A, Malumphy C, de Lillo E, Vovlas N, Porcelli F (2012) On some arthropods associated with Ficus species (Moraceae) in the Maltese Islands. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Malta 5, 5-34.
------- In Malta on Ficus microcarpa, F. carica; in Gozo on F. carica, F. rubiginosa.
* Mifsud D, Mazzeo G, Russo A, Watson G W (2014) The scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the Maltese Archipelago. Zootaxa 3866(4), 499-525.
-------- Specimens from Zejtun (1994) on Citrus limon and C. sinensis, Chadwick lakes and Mellieha (1994) on Ficus carica, Rabat (1994) on Pittosporum sp., Buskett (1994) on Pistacia lentiscus.
------- In Malta on Ficus microcarpa, F. carica; in Gozo on F. carica, F. rubiginosa.
* Mifsud D, Mazzeo G, Russo A, Watson G W (2014) The scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the Maltese Archipelago. Zootaxa 3866(4), 499-525.
-------- Specimens from Zejtun (1994) on Citrus limon and C. sinensis, Chadwick lakes and Mellieha (1994) on Ficus carica, Rabat (1994) on Pittosporum sp., Buskett (1994) on Pistacia lentiscus.