Katbeh-Bader, A., & Al-Jboory, I.J. 2020 First record of cotton mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley 1898 (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), from Saudi Arabia. Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 2020(0): 1-4

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Notes: The cotton mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley 1898 (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), is recorded from Saudi Arabia for the first time.The introduction of P. solenopsis into Saudi Arabia does not seem to be recent because this species was intercepted 198 times at US ports of entry between 1995 and 2012, with specimens originating from Europe, Africa and Asia, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates from the Arabian Peninsula