Guenaoui, Y., Watson, G.W., & Labdaoui, Z.E. 2019 First record of the mealybug Phenacoccus madeirensis Green, 1923 (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) in Algeria. Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 49(2): 352-354

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Notes: This pest was first detected in the summer of 2018 in private gardens in Salamandre, on the coastal side of Mostaganem City in northwestern Algeria, feeding on three ornamental plants: Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L., Hibiscus syriacus L. (Malvaceae) and Cestrum nocturnum L. (Solanaceae). In October 2018, it was also found on Aloysia citriodora Palau (Verbenaceae) growing near Hibiscus.