Rastrococcus invadens(RASTIN)
Distribution details in Egypt
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2019: Absent, unreliable record
* Abd-Rabou S, Evans GA (2021) An annotated checklist of the scale insects of Egypt (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccomorpha: Coccoidea). Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica 56(1), 25-57.
------- Referring to Porcelli & Pellizzari (2019).
* Porcelli F, Pellizzari G (2019) New data on the distribution of scale insects (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 124(2): 183-188
------- This record refers to an interception at the Rome’s airport (Ciampino) off an infested Schefflera sp. (Araliaceae) imported from Egypt (17.VI.1994, leg. and det. Marotta); the authors consider the species acclimated in Egypt and introduced to Italy.
------- Referring to Porcelli & Pellizzari (2019).
* Porcelli F, Pellizzari G (2019) New data on the distribution of scale insects (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 124(2): 183-188
------- This record refers to an interception at the Rome’s airport (Ciampino) off an infested Schefflera sp. (Araliaceae) imported from Egypt (17.VI.1994, leg. and det. Marotta); the authors consider the species acclimated in Egypt and introduced to Italy.