EPPO Global Database

Pseudacysta perseae(PSEYPE)

Distribution details in Cuba

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2008: Present, widespread
First recorded in: 1996
From CABI Pest map 772 (2013): Present, widespread
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2008/117) : it causes damage in Cuba. This pest of avocado is spreading in the Americas.
References
* Almaguel L, Blanco E, Suarez P, de la Torre P, Caceres I, Nieves C, Marquez M, Blanco L (1999) Control de la chinche del aguacate (Pseudacysta perseae (Heidemann)) en ciudad de La Habana. Fitosanidad 3(2), 69-74.

* De la Torre P, Almaguel L, Blanco E (1999) Danos, distribucion y enemigos naturales de la chinche de encaje del aguacate Pseudacysta perseae (Heidemann). Fitosanidad 3(2), 65-67.

* Etienne J, Streito JC (2008) Premier signalement en Guadeloupe et en Martinique de Pseudacysta perseae (Heidemann, 1908), un ravageur de l’avocatier (Hemiptera, Tingidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 113(1), 121-122.

* Morales Romero L, Grillo Ravelo H, Hernandez Rodriguez V (2002) [Detection of natural control agents of Pseudacysta perseae Heid and susceptibility of distinct developmental stages to entomopathogenic fungi]. Centro Agricola 29 (3), 21-25 (in Spanish).
------- Villa Clara province.

* Morales Romero L, Grillo Ravelo H (2020) [The avocado lace bug: Pseudacysta perseae (Heid.) (Hemiptera: Tingidae). Bioecology and biological control in Cuba]. Centro Agricola 47, 59-62 (in Spanish).

* Sandoval Cabrera MF, Cermeli M (2005) Presencia de Pseudacysta perseae (Heidemann, 1908) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Tingidae) en Venezuela. Entomotropica 20(3), 271-273.