EPPO Global Database

Chionaspis pinifoliae(PHECPI)

Distribution details in Egypt

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2021: Absent, invalid record
Comments
EPPO (2022): Borchsenius (1966) listed the pest as present in the United Arab Republic, a political union between Egypt (including the occupied Gaza strip) and Syria, without further details.
According to ScaleNet (accessed in 2021-02), the records of Hall (1923) and Newstead (1907) were based on a misidentification of Leucaspis pusilla.
References
* Borchsenius NS (1966) [A catalogue of the armoured scale insects (Diaspidoidea) of the world.]. Nauka Moscow & Leningrad, 449 pp.

* EPPO (2022) EPPO Technical Document No. 1087. Pest risk analysis for Chionaspis pinifoliae. EPPO, Paris. Available at https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/PHECPI/documents

* INTERNET
ScaleNet. Chionaspis pinifoliae. http://scalenet.info/catalogue/Chionaspis%20pinifoliae/

* Hall WJ (1923) Further observations on the Coccidae of Egypt. Egypt: Ministry of Agriculture, Technical and Scientific Service, Bulletin 36, 1-61.

* Newstead R (1907) List of other known African species of scale pests. In: Notes on the injurious scale insects and mealy bugs of Egypt; together with other insect pests and fungi. (ed. by Draper W) Cairo, Egypt: National Printing Department, 15-16.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Libya Absent, unreliable record view...