EPPO Global Database

Ripersiella hibisci(RHIOHI)

Distribution details in China

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2017: Present, no details
Comments
According to Malumphy & Robinson (2004), present in China including Hong Kong. Repeatedly intercepted on bonsais from China.

EPPO Reporting Service (2017/114) : intercepted by the Netherlands on plants for planting of Syzygium buxifolium imported from China (interception).
References
* Malumphy C, Robinson J (2004) Interception records of Rhizoecus hibisci Kawai & Takagi (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae, Rhizoecina) in England and Wales, with a revised key to the Rhizoecus species recorded in Britain. Entomologists' Gazette 55, 121-126.

* Martin JH, Lau CSK (2011) The Hemiptera-Sternorrhyncha (Insecta) of Hong Kong, China—an annotated inventory citing voucher specimens and published records. Zootaxa 2847, 1–122.
-------- Hong Kong.