First Report of Croton Scale (Phalacrococcus howertoni Hodges & Hodgson sp. nov.)

Publication Date

jue, 18 Ago 2011, 00:00

Last Updated

17 de agosto de 2011 a las 09:01

Report Number

BRB-04/3

País

Barbados

Pest Id

Phalacrococcus howertoni - (PXCCHO)

Report Status

Final

Hosts

Croton (Codiaeum variegatum (L.) Blume

Pest Status (old values from ISPM 8 -1998 )

• Unknown

Geographical Distribution

Survey to be done to ascertain spread

Resúmen

First record of this pest in Barbados. Identified July 2011 by Dr. Greg Hodges of Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

Danger

Known to attack a number of other plants including Mango (Magnifera indica)and Guava (Psidium guajava)

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