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Guideline: Pest risk management measures for quarantine pests of mangoes from Taiwan

Effective 6 September 2022

Pests

Common Name

Measure

Fruit flies

Bactrocera dorsalis

Oriental fruit fly

Vapour heat treatment at 46.5°C (fruit pulp temperature) for 30 minutes at an approved facility.

Mealybugs

Paracoccus marginatus

Papaya mealybug

Visual inspection and, if found, remedial action a

Planococcus lilacinus

Coffee mealybug

Planococcus minor (WA)*

Pacific mealybug

Pseudococcus cryptus

Citriculus mealybug

Pseudococcus jackbeardsleyi

Jack Beardsley mealybug

Rastrococcus spinosus

Philippine mango mealybug

Other arthropods

Abgrallaspis cyanophylli

Cyanophyll scale

Visual inspection and, if found, remedial action a

Aleurodicus dispersus

Spiralling Whitefly

Toxoptera odinae

Mango aphid

Unaspis acuminata

Unaspis scale

Pulvinaria taiwana

Scale

Protopulvinaria pyriformis

Pyriform scale

Aonidomytilus albus

Tapioca scale

Parlatoria pseudaspidiotus

Vanda orchid scale

Milviscutulus mangiferae

Mango shield scale

Lepidosaphes laterochitinosa

Armoured scale

Aulacaspis vitis

Armoured scale

Orgyia australis postica

Cocoa tussock moth

Rhipiphorothrips cruentatus

Mango thrips

*Regional pest for the state of Western Australia.

a Remedial action includes treatment of the consignment to ensure that the pest is no longer viable or withdrawal of the consignment from export to Australia.