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Issue: Vol. 4083 No. 2: 19 Feb. 2016
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2016-02-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4083.2.8
Page range: 293–296
Abstract views: 34
PDF downloaded: 3

First record of the Kuwana pine mealybug Crisicoccus pini (Kuwana) in Italy: a new threat to Italian pine forests?

Servizio Fitosanitario, Regione Emilia Romagna, Via di Saliceto, 81, 40128 Bologna, Italy.
Università di Padova, Dipartimento DAFNAE, Viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy.
Hemiptera Kuwana Italy mealybug

Abstract

The Asiatic Kuwana pine mealybug, Crisicoccus pini (Kuwana, 1902) (Hemiptera, Pseudococcidae), is reported in Italy for the first time. It was detected in September 2015 on maritime pine, Pinus pinaster, and stone pine, Pinus pinea, trees growing in the town of Cervia (Ravenna Province), Northern Italy. The mealybug has caused yellowing and decline of the pine trees. Pinus pinea is recorded here as a new host for C. pini.

 

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