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Table 1 Alien invasive insect pests of fruit trees of economic importance in Sub-Sahara Africa

From: Important alien and potential native invasive insect pests of key fruit trees in Sub-Saharan Africa: advances in sustainable pre- and post-harvest management approaches

Genus and species

Order: Family

Country first reported

Year first reported

Major fruit trees attacked

References (first report)

Datasheets

Bactrocera dorsalis

Diptera: Tephritidae

Kenya

2003

Mango

Lux et al. (2003a, b), Drew et al. (2005)

https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/17685

Bactrocera zonata

Diptera: Tephritidae

Egypt

1924

Peach, mango, and guava

Efflatoun (1924)

https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/17694

Diaphorina citri

Hemiptera: Liviidae

Tanzania

2016

Citrus

Shimwela et al. (2016)

https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/18615

Paracoccus marginatus

Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae

Ghana

2009

Papaya, mango, guava

Muniappan et al. (2009), Pelican News (2009)

https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/39201

Rastrococcus invadens

Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae

Ghana

1986 (samples collected 1982)

Mango, Citrus

Williams (1986)

https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/46824

Rastrococcus iceryoides

Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae

East Africa

1989

Mango

Williams (1989)

https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/46823

https://www.plantwise.org/KnowledgeBank/datasheet/46823