Salisbury, A., Malumphy, C.P., & Halstead, A.J. 2011 First Incursions of Aloea australis (Hemiptera: Miridae) and Pulvinaria delottoi (Hemiptera: Coccidae) in Europe, and Three Other Hemipteran Insects Imported From South Africa. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History 24:217-220

Notes: In July 2011 succulent plants in the quarantine glasshouse at the Royal Horticultural Society’s (RHS) Garden Wisley, Woking, Surrey were found to be infested with five non-native hemipteran pests: the aloe aphid Aloephagus myersi Essig, the white aloe scale Duplachionaspis exalbida (Cockerell), a mealybug Vryburgia sp., the small mirid bug Aloea australis Schuh and the iceplant scale Pulvinaria delottoi Gill. This is the first incursion of the latter two insects into Europe.