Oxycarenus hyalinipennis(OXYAHY)
Distribution details in United States of America
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2025: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2010
Eradication in: 2014
Pest status declared by NPPO: Absent: pest eradicated (2014-03)
First recorded in: 2010
Eradication in: 2014
Pest status declared by NPPO: Absent: pest eradicated (2014-03)
IPPC (2014) detected in 2010 on Stock Island and Fort Zachary Taylor State Park in Monroe county, Florida. Phytosanitary measures were immediately taken and eradication was officially declared successful in March 2014.
Zilnik et al. (2025): in California since 2019.
Zilnik et al. (2025): in California since 2019.
* IPPC website. Official Pest Reports – USA. Cotton Seed Bug (Oxycarenus hyalinipennis) eradicated from Florida (2014-03-27). https://www.ippc.int/index.php
* Stocks SD (2014) Cotton seed bug declared eradicated in Florida. NPDN First Detector Network News 9(2), 1-2.
* Zilnik G, Hepler JR, Merten P, Schutze IX, Hoddle CD, Hoddle MS, Ellsworth PC, Brent C (2025) Screening of insecticides for management of the invasive Oxycarenus hyalinipennis Costa (Hemiptera: Oxycarenidae) population sourced from urban southern California. Journal of Economic Entomology 118(2), 692–699.
* Stocks SD (2014) Cotton seed bug declared eradicated in Florida. NPDN First Detector Network News 9(2), 1-2.
* Zilnik G, Hepler JR, Merten P, Schutze IX, Hoddle CD, Hoddle MS, Ellsworth PC, Brent C (2025) Screening of insecticides for management of the invasive Oxycarenus hyalinipennis Costa (Hemiptera: Oxycarenidae) population sourced from urban southern California. Journal of Economic Entomology 118(2), 692–699.