EPPO Global Database

Comstockaspis perniciosa(QUADPE)

Distribution details in Egypt

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2008: Present, no details
References
* Moursi Khadiga S, Mesbah HA, Mourad AK, Abdel-Razak Soad I (2008) Ecological studies on San José scale, Diaspidiotus perniciosus (Comstock) (Homoptera: Diaspididae) as a new insect pest on pear trees in Burg El-Arab area, Alexandria, Egypt. Communications in Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences 73(3), 439-50 (abst.).
------- Observed on pear trees in the area of Burg El-Arab (50 km West of Alexandria).