EPPO Global Database

Metcalfa pruinosa(METFPR)

Distribution details in United Kingdom

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2009: Absent, pest eradicated
From CABI Pest map 529 (2018): Absent, pest eradicated
Comments
Introduced populations have been eradicated by insecticide applications.
References
* Malumphy C, Baker R, Cheek S (1994) Citrus planthopper, Metcalfa pruinosa. Plant Pest Notice. Central Science Laboratory, UK, MAFF 19, 1-2.
------- First report.

* Strauss G (2009) Host range testing of the nearctic beneficial parasitoid Neodryinus typhlocybae . BioControl 54, 163–171.
------- Eradication.