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Table 2 Potential native invasive species 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

Major fruit trees attacked

References

Datasheets

Thaumatotibia leucotreta

Lepidoptera: Tortricidae

Citrus, macadamia, Avocado, Litchi,

Daiber 1979, Erichsen and Schoeman 1992, Gilligan et al. (2011)

https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/6904

Pseudotheraptus wayi

Hemiptera: Coreidae

Litchi, macadamia, cashew, avocado

Brown 1955, Schoeman et al. (2010), Schoeman and Mohlala (2013)

https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/45033

Pseudotheraptus devastans Distant

Hemiptera: Coreidae

Coconut, cashew, avocado

Brown 1955, Doh et al. 2016; Douaho 1984

https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/45032

Trioza erytreae

Hemiptera: Triozidae

Citrus

Samways and Manicom 1983, Van den Berg 1990, Ajene et al. (2019)

https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/54914