EPPO Global Database

Pseudacysta perseae(PSEYPE)

Distribution details in French Guiana

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2018: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2003
From CABI Pest map 772 (2023): Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2008/117) : occurrence in French Guiana. This pest of avocado is spreading in the Americas.
References
* Anonymous (2018) Principaux organismes nuisibles par plantes hôtes en Guyane. Direction de l'Agriculture, de l'Alimentation et de la Forêt de Guyane - Service de l'Alimentation, 68 pp.
------- On Persea americana.

* 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.

* IPPC website. Official Pest Reports – Trinidad and Tobago. Presence of New Pest of Avocado (Persea americana) in Trinidad and Tobago (2011-08-29). https://www.ippc.int/index.php

* Rugman-Jones PF, Hoddle MS, Phillips PA, Jeong GS, Stouthamer R (2012) Strong genetic structure among populations of the invasive avocado pest Pseudacysta perseae (Heidemann) (Hemiptera: Tingidae) reveals the source of introduced populations. Biological Invasions 14(6), 1079-1100.

* Streito JC, Morival Y (2005) Première capture en Guyane française de Pseudacysta perseae (Heidemann, 1908) un ravageur de l’avocatier (Heteroptera, Tingidae). Nouvelle Revue d’Entomologie (NS) 22(2), 191-192.