Phenacoccus peruvianus(PHENPR)
Distribution details in United Kingdom
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2011: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2005
First recorded in: 2005
First found near Wisley (England) in 2005.
* Beltra A, Soto A, Germain JF, Matile-Ferrero D, Mazzeo G, Pellizzari G, Russo A, Franco JC, Williams DJ (2010) The bougainvillea mealybug Phenacoccus peruvianus, a rapid invader from South America to Europe. Entomologia Hellenica 19, 137-143.
* Beltra A, Soto A, Germain JF, Matile-Ferrero D, Mazzeo G, Pellizzari G, Russo A, Franco J, Williams DJ (2010) The Bougainvillea mealybug, a rapid invader from South America to Europe (Phenacoccus peruvianus Granara de Willink, 2007). Poster présented at the XII International Symposium on Scale Insect Studies - ISSIS CHANIA (Crete, GR, 2010-04-06/09).
* Malumphy C (2011) First incursions of bougainvillea mealybug Phenacoccus peruvianus Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in Britain. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine vol. 147 nox. 1769-71,230-232.
------- Found at 3 locations in England: in 2011 in a commercial nursery in Dorset on a Bougainvillea sp. which had been imported, in 2005 in Surrey on a Bougainvillea sp. grown outdoors, in 2003 in a commercial nursery in Wiltshire on a Bougainvillea sp. grown indoors.
* Beltra A, Soto A, Germain JF, Matile-Ferrero D, Mazzeo G, Pellizzari G, Russo A, Franco J, Williams DJ (2010) The Bougainvillea mealybug, a rapid invader from South America to Europe (Phenacoccus peruvianus Granara de Willink, 2007). Poster présented at the XII International Symposium on Scale Insect Studies - ISSIS CHANIA (Crete, GR, 2010-04-06/09).
* Malumphy C (2011) First incursions of bougainvillea mealybug Phenacoccus peruvianus Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in Britain. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine vol. 147 nox. 1769-71,230-232.
------- Found at 3 locations in England: in 2011 in a commercial nursery in Dorset on a Bougainvillea sp. which had been imported, in 2005 in Surrey on a Bougainvillea sp. grown outdoors, in 2003 in a commercial nursery in Wiltshire on a Bougainvillea sp. grown indoors.