Abstract Vine mealybug, Planococcus ficus (Signoret), is a key pest in vineyards in the
Western Cape and North-West Provinces of South Africa and more recently in the USA. This …

Exotic phytophagous insects are invading forest ecosystems worldwide. So far, 109 invasive
insects on woody plants, 57 from North American (NA), and 52 from Asia (A) have …

Abstract The Seychelles scale, Icerya seychellarum (Westwood, 1855)(Hemiptera:
Coccomorpha: Monophlebidae), is reported for the first time in Italy. Moreover, the …

The armored scale Rhizaspidiotus donacis (Leornardi) was evaluated as a potential
biological control agent of the invasive reed grass Arundo donax in North America. No …

The increasing worldwide trades progressively led to decreased impact of natural barriers
on wild species movement. The exotic scale Chrysomphalus aonidum (L.)(Hemiptera …

An updated list is given of the scale insect species (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) intercepted
on plants imported into the Netherlands and detected in greenhouses during the period …

Increasing international trade and tourism have led to an increase in the introduction of
exotic pests that pose a considerable economic threat to the agro-ecosystems of importing …

Iran is situated at the junctions of the Palaearctic and Oriental zoogeographical regions, and
the Caspian, Baluchi and Irano-Tiranian floral zones, so it has a very diverse scale insect …

In the coastal area of North‐Western Morocco, 43 sites in four provinces were surveyed
between spring 2022 and autumn 2023 for the presence of pest scale insects (Hemiptera …

Past works on scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) from the Maltese Archipelago are
reviewed. Based on the literature and contemporary collections, a total of 93 species of …