Global trade and international travel have led to the establishment of invasive pests outside their native range. We have been following the distribution of CMBS [ Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae (Kuwana)], an invasive insect first detected in the
Crapemyrtle bark scale (CMBS; Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae ), native to East Asia, was originally categorized under the genus Eriococcus , and it was first described from specimens of adult females collected by Kuwana in Japan in 1907 ( Kuwana
In urban forests throughout North America, scale insects are some of the most abundant pests damaging landscape trees ( Frank 2019 ). Crapemyrtle bark scale (CMBS), Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae (Kuwana) (Hemiptera: Eriococcidae), is a nonnative
Crapemyrtle bark scale [CMBS ( Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae )] is a sap-sucking hemipteran native to some Asian countries ( Kozár et al., 2013 ). Since initially detected and identified in Texas in 2004 ( Merchant et al., 2014 ), the CMBS has
mildew, leaf spot ( Cercospora lythracearum ), and sooty mold ( Capnodium sp.). Pests included the crepe myrtle aphid, flea beetles, and crepe myrtle bark scale ( Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae ). Plants were measured for leaf greenness (SPAD 502; Minolta