EPPO Global Database

Pseudacysta perseae(PSEYPE)

Distribution details in Guadeloupe

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2008: Present, widespread
First recorded in: 2007
From CABI Pest map 772 (2013): Present, widespread
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2008/117) : first observed in 2007, but it was probably introduced ealier. This pest of avocado is spreading in the Americas.
References
* 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.