EPPO Global Database

Aphis citricidus(TOXOCI)

Distribution details in Australia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 1983: Present, widespread
From CABI Pest map 132 (1998): Present, widespread
From NPPO: Present, widespread
Comments
From country itself (1992): old introduction. Present in New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia, Tasmania.

From other source: also present in ACT and only in southern and eastern coastal areas of Western Australia.
References
* Carver M (1978) The black citrus aphids, Toxoptera citricidus (Kirkaldy) and T. aurantii (Boyer de Fonscolombe) (Homoptera: Aphididae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 17, 263-270.

* Maelzer, D. A. (1979) Australian Applied Entomological Research Conference, Queensland Agricultural College, Lawes, June 1979, pp. 236-240.

* Oberholzer, P. C. J. (1983) Citrus and Subtropical Fruit Journal No. 596, 4, 6-7, 11.