EPPO Global Database

Aphis citricidus(TOXOCI)

Distribution details in Virgin Islands (US)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 1994: Present, restricted distribution
From CABI Pest map 132 (1998): Present, restricted distribution
From NPPO: Present, restricted distribution
References
* NPPO of U Virgin Island (1994).
------- Restricted distribution.

* 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.
------- First found in 1992, St Thomas, St Croix.