Takahashia japonica - the string cottony scale - is an insect pest of ornamental- and economic trees in the Coccidae family. It is a pest of quarantine significance in the EPPO area.[1]
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Pulvinaria japonica Cockerell[who?](T or W?), 1896 |
Range
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editFirst detected in Italy, in Cerro Maggiore, in 2017 on Morus nigra,[2] and the United Kingdom in December 2018 in Berkshire on Magnolia.[3] T. japonica was then found in Croatia in 2019 in Pula, but was not identified until found again on Albizia julibrissin in May 2020.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ "Takahashia japonica (TAKAJA)[Overview]". Global Database. EPPO (European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization). 2012-05-26. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
- ^ "EPPO Global Database". Global Database. EPPO (European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization). 2019-03-05. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
- ^ "EPPO Global Database". Global Database. EPPO (European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization). 2019-03-05. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
- ^ "EPPO Global Database". Global Database. EPPO (European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization). 2018-12-11. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
- ^ "Takahashia japonica (TAKAJA)[Reporting articles]". Global Database. EPPO (European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization). 2018-12-11. Retrieved 2021-09-30.