Icerya purchasi | UK Overseas Territories database of Alien Species

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Common name

Cottony Cushion Scale; Australia Bug

Informal group

Insects

Territories

Saint Helena

First record

1957

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Impact detail

Invasive. (St Helena Invertebrate Forum (2024) St Helena Species Spreadsheet v12.5. Dataset.); Listed as invasive (Key, R., Fowler, L., Pryce, D., Wilkins, V., Key, R. (2021). Terrestrial & Freshwater Invertebrates of St Helena. Pisces Publications, Newbury.);

Impacts

Strong negative

Ecological impact detail

Environmental threat.(St Helena Invertebrate Forum (2024) St Helena Species Spreadsheet v12.5. Dataset; Key, R., Fowler, L., Pryce, D., Wilkins, V., Key, R. (2021). Terrestrial & Freshwater Invertebrates of St Helena. Pisces Publications, Newbury);

Socio-economic impacts

Agriculture; Forestry; Horticulture/gardens. (St Helena Invertebrate Forum (2024) St Helena Species Spreadsheet v12.5. Dataset.);

Other notes

Host.

References

Key, R., Fowler, L., Pryce, D., Wilkins, V., Key, R. (2021). Terrestrial & Freshwater Invertebrates of St Helena. Pisces Publications, Newbury; Key, R., Fowler, L., Pryce, D., Wilkins, V., Key, R. (2021). Terrestrial & Freshwater Invertebrates of St Helena. Pisces Publications, Newbury.; Key, R., Fowler, L., Pryce, D., Wilkins, V., Key, R. (2021). Terrestrial & Freshwater Invertebrates of St Helena. Pisces Publications, Newbury.; St Helena Invertebrate Forum (2024) St Helena Species Spreadsheet v12.5. Dataset.;