Phenacoccus peruvianus(PHENPR)
Distribution details in Tunisia
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2015: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2014
First recorded in: 2014
EPPO Reporting Service (2015/070) : first found in summer 2014 on Bougainvillea glabra and Citharexylum quadrangularis in several locations of Sousse governorate (Akouda, Sousse and Port Kantaoui).
* Abbes K, Harbi A, Wanassi T, Ricupero M, Mazzeo G, Russo A, Biondi A, Zappalà L, Chermiti B (2023) The cotton mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is spreading in North Africa: first report in Tunisia. Oriental Insects. https://doi.org/10.1080/00305316.2023.2253237
------- On Bougainvillea glabra, Capsicum frutescens, Citharexylum quadrangularis, Myoporum sp.
* Ben Halima-Kamel M, Germain JF, Mdellel F (2015) First records of two mealybugs, Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) and Phenacoccus peruvianus Granara de Willink, in Tunisia and the North of Africa. EPPO Bulletin 45(1), 139–143.
------- First report.
------- On Bougainvillea glabra, Capsicum frutescens, Citharexylum quadrangularis, Myoporum sp.
* Ben Halima-Kamel M, Germain JF, Mdellel F (2015) First records of two mealybugs, Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) and Phenacoccus peruvianus Granara de Willink, in Tunisia and the North of Africa. EPPO Bulletin 45(1), 139–143.
------- First report.