EPPO Global Database

Aleurodicus floccissimus(LECOFL)

Distribution details in Spain

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2017: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1991
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, restricted distribution - Absent from the mainland (2011-06)
Comments
In Spain, L. floccissimus is only reported from Islas Canarias.
References
* Boyero JR, Gonzalez-Fernandez JJ, Vela M (2017) Plagas del mango en Espana. Phytoma-Espana no. 287, 22-28.
------- Occasionally found on mango in Islas Canarias.

* Hernandez-Suarez E, Carnero A, Hernandez M, Beitia F, Alonso C (1997) Lecanoideus floccissimus (Homoptera, Aleyrodidae) Nueva plaga en las Islas Canarias. Phytoma-Espana no. 91, 35-48.

* Hernández-Suárez E, Martin JH, Gill RJ, Bedford ID, Malumphy CP, Reyes Betancort JA, Carnero A (2012) The aleyrodidae (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha) of the Canary Islands with special reference to Aleyrodes, Siphoninus, and the challenges of puparial morphology in Bemisia. Zootaxa, 3212, 1-76. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/zt03212p076.pdf
------- Islas Canarias (Tenerife, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma).

* NPPO of Spain (2011-06).