EPPO Global Database

Aleuroclava aucubae(TETLAU)

Distribution details in Italy

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2011: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2007
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2013/011) : first found in 2007 in Veneto region on greenhouse plants (Citrus limon, Ficus sycomorus) and outdoor plants (Pittosporum tobira, Prunus armeniaca, Photinia).
References
* Mifsud D, cocquempot C, Mühlethaler R, Wilson M, Streito JC (2010) Other Hemiptera Sternorrhyncha (Aleyrodidae, Phylloxeroidea, and Psylloidea) and Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha. Chapter 9.4. BioRisk 4(1), 511-552.
------- In italy, A. aucubae was first erroneously identified as A. guyavae.

* Pellizari G, Simala M (2007) First record of Aleuroclava guyavae (Takahashi, 1932) (Hemiptera, Aleyrodidae) in Europe. Bolletino di Zoologia agraria e di Bachicholtura, Serie II, 39(2), 91-95.

* Seljak G (2012) Six new alien phytophagous insect species recorded in Slovenia in 2011. Acta Entomologica Slovenica 20(1), 31-44.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
France Absent, pest eradicated view...
France Corse Absent, pest eradicated view...
Slovenia Present, few occurrences view...