Recently at the Quanzhou International Airport, inspectors from the Inspection and Quarantine Bureau at Quanzhou City of Fujian Province found Pinnaspis Aspidistrae among the half kilo of oranges from a passenger flying from Hong Kong.
After the insects were confirmed by the lab of the bureau, the sample was sent to the lab of the Shanxi Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, a key lab specialized in scale insects. After further examination, the sample was confirmed to be Pinnaspis aspidistrae, a major scale insect from plants. This was the first time that the species was found by the Bureau in Fujian Province.
Source: Quanzhou Evening News