Prociphilus (Meliarhizophagus) fraxinifolii (Riley, 1879) – Bawełnica jesionowa – Woolly ash aphid

Information in Alien Species in Poland database are purely scientific and not legally binding.

Status

The species is alien in whole area of its current or past occurrence in Poland

Currently present in the environment

Reproducing in the environment

Numbers or/and range increasing

Occurrence

Map of occurrence

Areas on the map correspond to pemanent occurrence of the species. Points on the map indicate introduction places and/or single records of the species; they do not always correspond to current presence of the species in a given locality.

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Earliest introduction/record

in 2012

Types of transport

  • Spread from outside Poland

Pathways of introduction

  • Natural dispersal across borders of invasive alien species that have been introduced through other pathways

Type of release into natural environment

  • Unaided

References

  • Hałaj R., Osiadacz B. 2017. Woolly Ash Aphid? is the Alien Bug Posing a Threat to European Ash Trees? A Review Plant Protection Science53(3). 53: 127–133. link
  • Hałaj R., Osiadacz B., Poljaković-Pajnik L. 2016. Górny Śląsk – polski przyczółek zdobyty przez obcą mszycę Prociphilus (Meliarhizophagus) fraxinifolii (Riley, 1879) Acta Entomologica Silesiana 24: 1-9. link

Life form: Insect

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Aphididae

Scientific synonyms: Meliarhizophagus fraxinifolii (Riley, C.V., 1879); Pemphigus fraxinifolii Riley, C.V., 1879; Prociphilus fraxinifoliae Börner, 1926; Prociphilus fraxinifolii (Riley, C.V., 1879)