mango mealybug: Rastrococcus invadens Williams

Publication Date

Mon, 28 Oct 2019, 12:22

Last Updated

Oct. 28, 2019, 12:22 p.m.

Report Number

RWA-02/1

Country

Rwanda

Report Status

Preliminary

Hosts

Mango trees (Mangifera indica), ornamental trees

Pest Status (old values from ISPM 8 -1998 )

• Present: subject to official control

Pest Status (ISPM 8 - 2021)

• Present: not widely distributed and under official control

Geographical Distribution

Eastern Province of Rwanda: districts of Bugesera, Rwamagana, Ngoma, Kayonza, as well as in Kigali, the Capital City

Summary

mango mealybug: Rastrococcus invadens Williams is a new pest on mango trees and some ornamentals in Rwanda mainly in the Eastern Province districts of Rwanda as well as in Kigali, the Capital City

Danger

The pest can cause yield loss up to 90% in highly infected orchids in mango fruit production sites

Contact for info

The IPPC contact point for Rwanda, Director General of Agriculture and Livestock Inspection and Certification Services Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources P o.Box 621 Kigali email: [email protected] / [email protected]

Report files

IDENTIFICATION REPORT OF THE PEST

Picture/Image on symptoms on mango trees

Website

Issue keywords

Detection survey General Surveillance Surveillance

Commodity keywords