Pseudococcus longispinus Fiji (Williams & Yes (Ben-Dov Assessment not required Assessment not required Assessment not required No (Targioni Tozzetti, 1867) Watson 1988b) 1994) [Pseudococcidae] Long-tailed mealybug Pyrrhoneura saccharicida Fiji (Hinckley No record found No. Recorded on Assessment not required Assessment not required No Kirkaldy, 1906 1965b; Wilson breadfruit leaves in Fiji 2009), Samoa (Hinckley 1965b). [Derbidae] (Muir 1927), Tonga Derbidae are phloem Sugarcane derbid planthopper (Fennah 1967) feeders (Fletcher 2014) and are unlikely to be present on mature breadfruit at harvest. Russellaspis pustulans Fiji (Williams & No record found No. Breadfruit is a host, Assessment not required Assessment not required No (Cockerell, 1892) Watson 1990) but it is only associated with leaves (Stout 1982). [Asterolecaniidae] Unlikely to be present on Oleander pit scale fruit. (Walker, 1852) Fiji, Tonga Yes (García Assessment not required Assessment not required Assessment not required No Saissetia coffeae (Williams & Morales et al. [Coccidae] Watson 1990) 2018) Brown scale Tinginotum knowlesi (Kirkaldy, Fiji (Hinckley No record found No. Recorded on Assessment not required Assessment not required No 1908) 1965b), Samoa breadfruit in Niue (Eyles (Eyles 2000), 2000). Mirid bugs feed on [syn.: Nesodaphne knowlesi Tonga (SPC 2017) meristems, new foliage, Kirkaldy flower buds, flowers and [Miridae] developing seeds Mirid bug (Wheeler 2000). This species is unlikely to be present on mature fruit. Toxoptera aurantii de Fiji, Tonga Yes (Hollis & Assessment not required Assessment not required Assessment not required No Fonscolombe, 1841) (Carver, Hart & Eastop 2005) Wellings 1993). [Aphididae] Soursop aphid
Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni Tozzetti, 1867) [Pseudococcidae] Long-tailed mealybug Fiji (Williams & Watson 1988b) Yes (Ben-Dov 1994) Assessment not required Assessment not required Assessment not required No Pyrrhoneura saccharicida Kirkaldy, 1906 [Derbidae] Sugarcane derbid planthopper Fiji (Hinckley 1965b; Wilson 2009), Samoa (Muir 1927), Tonga (Fennah 1967) No record found No. Recorded on breadfruit leaves in Fiji (Hinckley 1965b). Derbidae are phloem feeders (Fletcher 2014) and are unlikely to be present on mature breadfruit at harvest. Assessment not required Assessment not required No Russellaspis pustulans (Cockerell, 1892) [Asterolecaniidae] Oleander pit scale Fiji (Williams & Watson 1990) No record found No. Breadfruit is a host, but it is only associated with leaves (Stout 1982). Unlikely to be present on fruit. Assessment not required Assessment not required No Saissetia coffeae (Walker, 1852) [Coccidae] Brown scale Fiji, Tonga (Williams & Watson 1990) Yes (García Morales et al. 2018) Assessment not required Assessment not required Assessment not required No Tinginotum knowlesi (Kirkaldy, 1908) [syn.: Nesodaphne knowlesi Kirkaldy [Miridae] Mirid bug Fiji (Hinckley 1965b), Samoa (Eyles 2000), Tonga (SPC 2017) No record found No. Recorded on breadfruit in Niue (Eyles 2000). Mirid bugs feed on meristems, new foliage, flower buds, flowers and developing seeds (Wheeler 2000). This species is unlikely to be present on mature fruit. Assessment not required Assessment not required No Toxoptera aurantii de Fonscolombe, 1841) [Aphididae] Soursop aphid Fiji, Tonga (Carver, Hart & Wellings 1993). Yes (Hollis & Eastop 2005) Assessment not required Assessment not required Assessment not required No
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