Malumphy, C.P., & Salisbury, A. 2016a First incursion in Europe of bamboo white scale Kuwanaspis howardi (Hemiptera: Diaspididae), with a review of Kuwanaspis species detected ub /brutaub. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History 29: 97-102
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Notes: A large infestation of Kuwanaspis howardi was found in January 2015 at the Royal Horticultural Society’s Garden, Wisley, Surrey, on mature Fargesia nitida (Chinese Fountain Bamboo). The biology, geographical distribution and potential economic importance of K. howardi are discussed. In addition, the status of four other nonnative Kuwanaspis species recorded in Britain is reviewed; one species, K. pseudoleucaspis (Kuwana) has established widely on ornamental bamboo outdoors and on indoor plantings in England since at least the 1960s. Fargesia is recorded as a new host genus for K. howardi and Drepanostachyrum and Himalayacalamus as new host genera for K. pseudoleucaspis.
