EPPO Global Database

Aphis citricidus(TOXOCI)

Distribution details in Puerto Rico

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 1999: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1992
From CABI Pest map 132 (1998): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (1993/182) , from NAPPO newsletter. Also in EPPO Reporting Service (1994/157) .
References
* Etienne J, Martinez M (1993) Toxoptera citricidus en Jamaïque: nouveau signalement pour les Caraïbes (Hom. Aphididae). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie (Note Scientifique) 10(4), p 374.

* Michaud JP, Browning HW (1999) Seasonal abundance of the brown citrus aphid, Toxoptera citricida, (Homoptera: Aphididae) and its natural enemies in Puerto Rico. Florida Entomologist 82(3), 424-447.

* 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.