EPPO Global Database

Aphis citricidus(TOXOCI)

Distribution details in Dominica

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2004: Present, no details
From CABI Pest map 132 (1998): Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (1995/119)

EPPO Reporting Service (2004/120) : only mild CTV strains were detected after introduction of the aphid. Severe strains only appeared some years later, and were probably introduced after the vector
References
* Manzanero Majil, V. (2004) Citrus tristeza virus (CTV): its development in Belize. Caraphin News, no. 24, June 2004, 1-4.

* Yokomi RK, Lastra R, Stoetzel MB, Damsteegt VD, Lee RF, Garnsey SM, Gottwald TR, Rocha-Pena MA, Niblett CL (1994) Establishment of the brown citrus aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) in Central America and the Caribbean Basin and transmission of citrus tristeza virus. Journal of Economic Entomology 87, 1978-1085.