EPPO Global Database

Icerya purchasi(ICERPU)

Distribution details in Greece

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2012: Present, no details
From CABI Pest map 051 (1971): Present, no details
Comments
Including Kriti (CABI map).

Female specimen observed in 2008 on Citrus in Athens (Milonas et al., 2008).
References
* Milonas PG, Kozar F, Kontodimas DCS (2007) List of scale insects of Greece. Proceedings of the XI International Symposium on Scale Insect Studies (Oeiras, PT, 2007-09-24/27), 143-147.

* Milonas PG, Kozar F, Kontodimas DC (2008) New data on the scale insects (Homoptera: Coccoidea) of the Greek entomofauna. Hellenic Plant Protection Journal 1(1), 32-34.

* Papadopoulou S, Chryssohoides C (2012) Icerya purchasi (Homoptera: Margarodidae) on Rosmarinus officinalis (Lamiaceae), a new host plant record for Greece. Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 42(1), 148-149.

* Pellizzari G, Porcelli F, Seljak G, Kozár F (2011) Some additions to the scale insect fauna (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Crete with a check list of the species known from the Island. Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research serie II, 43(3), 291-300.
------- Crete (on citrus and Pittosporum tobira).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Albania Present, no details view...
Bulgaria Present, no details view...
Türkiye Present, no details view...