EPPO Global Database

Parlatoria ziziphi(PARLZI)

Distribution details in Malta

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2014: Present, no details
From CABI Pest map 186 (1964): Present, no details
Comments
Confirmed by survey, according to FAO consultants' report in 1994.
References
* Mifsud D, Mazzeo G, Russo A, Watson G W (2014) The scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the Maltese Archipelago. Zootaxa 3866(4), 499-525.
------- Specimens from Mosta (1994, 2012) and Mdina (2012) on Citrus sinensis.

* USDA (1984) Pests not known to occur in the United States or of limited distribution. No. 44. Black Parlatoria scale, Parlatoria ziziphi. USDA APHIS-PPQ, Beltsville, USA.