EPPO Global Database

Macrohomotoma gladiata(MAHOGL)

Distribution details in Cyprus

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2018
From CABI Pest map 814 (2022): Present, no details
References
* Compton SG, Stavrinides M, Kaponas C, Thomas PJ (2020) No escape: most insect colonisers of an introduced fig tree in Cyprus come from the plant’s native range. Biological Invasions 22, 211–216. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-019-02132-4
------- First record.

* Japoshvili G, Koutsoukos E, Vamvakas G, Perdikis D, Demetriou J (2023) New records of Encyrtid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Greece and Cyprus with the description of a new species associated with Macrohomotoma gladiata Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Psylloidea). Phytoparasitica 51(5), 1095-1103.
------- Psyllaephagus macrohomotoma and a new species, Psyllaephagus schauffi sp. nov. were found parasitizing M. gladiata.