Diaspis bromeliae Yes () Yes. Qld (). Yes. Although D. bromeliae is known to Yes. Bromeliads, Yes. Economic Yes (WA) (Kerner, 1778) prefer feeding on leaves of pineapple, it is orchids and other damage by Regulated as a also known to infest the fruit (; ; ). They are epiphytes that are D. bromeliae tends [Diaspididae] Declared Organism extremely small and may go unnoticed both popular as to be limited to (Prohibited (s12)) Pineapple during harvest and packing. houseplants and pineapple of WA Biosecurity present as native plantations. The and Agriculture plants in Australia majority of Management Act are listed as hosts pineapple (2007) (). for (; production in D. bromeliae ; ). This species Australia occurs in may be wind Queensland, dispersed (), where which would D. bromeliae is allow this species already present. to find suitable However, it is also hosts and spread known to be to Western found on orchids, Australia. which suggests it could be a threat to Australia’s native biodiversity. Dysmicoccus brevipes Yes () Yes. NSW, NT, Qld, Assessment not required Assessment not Assessment not No (Cockerell, 1893) SA, WA (). required required [Pseudococcidae] Pineapple mealybug
Diaspis bromeliae (Kerner, 1778) [Diaspididae] Pineapple Yes () Yes. Qld (). Regulated as a Declared Organism (Prohibited (s12)) of WA Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act (2007) (). Yes. Although D. bromeliae is known to prefer feeding on leaves of pineapple, it is also known to infest the fruit (; ; ). They are extremely small and may go unnoticed during harvest and packing. Yes. Bromeliads, orchids and other epiphytes that are both popular as houseplants and present as native plants in Australia are listed as hosts for D. bromeliae (; ; ). This species may be wind dispersed (), which would allow this species to find suitable hosts and spread to Western Australia. Yes. Economic damage by D. bromeliae tends to be limited to pineapple plantations. The majority of pineapple production in Australia occurs in Queensland, where D. bromeliae is already present. However, it is also known to be found on orchids, which suggests it could be a threat to Australia’s native biodiversity. Yes (WA) Dysmicoccus brevipes (Cockerell, 1893) [Pseudococcidae] Pineapple mealybug Yes () Yes. NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA (). Assessment not required Assessment not required Assessment not required No
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