EPPO Global Database

Phenacoccus solenopsis(PHENSO)

Distribution details in New Caledonia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2016: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2006
From CABI Pest map 761 (2012): Present, no details
References
* Hodgson CJ, Abbas G, Arif MJ, Saeed S, Karar H (2008) Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae), an invasive mealybug damaging cotton in Pakistan and India, with a discussion on seasonal morphological variation. Zootaxa 1913, 1-35.

* Mille C, Henderson RC, Cazères S, Jourdan H (2016) Checklist of the scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccomorpha) of New Caledonia. Zoosystema 38 (2), 129-176. http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/z2016n2a1
------- First found in 2006, present on the West coast of Grande-Terre.