Rastrococcus invadens(RASTIN)
Distribution details in French Guiana
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2016: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2014
First recorded in: 2014
First found in August 2014 in Cayenne on a mango tree grown in a private garden. Then found in other gardens of Cayenne and nearby municipalities (Matoury, Rémire-Montjoli and Macouria). The pest has been found on many host plants.
* Germain JF, Devarieux A, Laplace D, Matile-Ferrero D (2016) An updated checklist of the scale insects from French Guiana (French overseas department in South America). Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 46(3), 588-593.
-------- On Citrus sp., Mangifera indica, Mammea americana, Morinda citrifolia, Nerium oleander, Plumeria rubra, Spondias mombin.
* Germain JF, Laplace D, Devarieux A, Boavida C, Gachet E, Goergen G, Silvie P (2015) First records of the mealybug Rastrococcus invadens Williams (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in French Guiana and the Americas. Zootaxa 3905(3), 447-450.
* Germain JF, Laplace D, Devarieux A, Boavida C (2015) Rastrococcus invadens Williams découvre l'Amérique. Phytoma no. 686, 44-47.
-------- On Citrus sp., Mangifera indica, Mammea americana, Morinda citrifolia, Nerium oleander, Plumeria rubra, Spondias mombin.
* Germain JF, Laplace D, Devarieux A, Boavida C, Gachet E, Goergen G, Silvie P (2015) First records of the mealybug Rastrococcus invadens Williams (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in French Guiana and the Americas. Zootaxa 3905(3), 447-450.
* Germain JF, Laplace D, Devarieux A, Boavida C (2015) Rastrococcus invadens Williams découvre l'Amérique. Phytoma no. 686, 44-47.