List of invasive species in Africa

Invasive species found in Africa include:

Plants

• Acacia species (Australian wattles)
• Argemone mexicana (Mexican poppy)
• Caesalpinia decapetala (Mauritius thorn)
• Cereus jamacaru (Queen of the Night cactus)
• Chromolaena odorata (Triffid weed)
• Eichhornia crassipes (Water hyacinth)
• Eucalyptus spp. (Eucalyptus or gum trees)
• Hakea spp.
• Lantana camara
• Melia azedarach (Persian lilac, chinaberry)
• Myriophyllum aquaticum (Parrot's feather)
• Opuntia spp. (Prickly pear)
• Pereskia aculeata
• Pinus spp. (Pine)
• Prosopis spp. (Mesquite)
• Ricinus communis (Castor oil plant)
• Rubus spp. (Bramble)
• Salvinia molesta (Kariba weed, giant salvinia)
• Solanum mauritianum (Bugweed)

Tunicates

• Ciona intestinalis (sea vase)

Annelids

• Ficopomatus enigmaticus (Australian tubeworm)
• Boccardia proboscidea (shell worm) [1]

Molluscs

• Aplexa marmorata (marbled tadpole snail) [2]
• Bradybaena similaris (Asian trampsnail)
• Cochlicella barbara (potbellied helicellid)
• Cornu aspersum (garden snail)
• Deroceras invadens (tramp slug)
• Deroceras laeve (marsh slug)
• Euglandina rosea (rosy wolfsnail) [3]
• Limax flavus (yellow slug)
• Milax gagates (greenhouse slug)
• Mytilus galloprovincialis (Mediterranean mussel)
• Pinctada radiata (Gulf pearl oyster) [4]
• Pseudosuccinea columella (mimic lymnaea) [5]
• Semimytilus algosus (Pacific mussel) [6]
• Tarebia granifera (quilted melania) [7]
• Theba pisana (white garden snail)
• Zonitoides arboreus (quick gloss)

Crustaceans

• Carcinus maenas (European shore crab)
• Cherax quadricarinatus (redclaw crayfish)
• Limnoria quadripunctata (gribble) [8]
• Percnon gibbesi (Sally Lightfoot crab)
• Procambarus clarkii (red swamp crawfish) [9]
• Procambarus virginalis (Marbled crayfish)

Arachnids

• Phalangium opilio

Insects

• Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito) [10]
• Aleurodicus dispersus (spiralling whitefly)
• Aleurothrixus floccosus (woolly whitefly) [11]
• Aleurotrachelus atratus (palm-infesting whitefly) [12]
• Anopheles stephensi [13]
• Anoplolepis gracilipes (yellow crazy ant) [14]
• Aphis spiraecola (green citrus aphid) [15]
• Aulacaspis yasumatsui (cycad aulacaspis scale) [16]
• Bactrocera cucurbitae (melon fly)
• Bactrocera dorsalis (Oriental fruit fly) [17]
• Bactrocera invadens (Asian fruit fly)
• Bactrocera zonata (peach fruit fly) [18]
• Bemisia tabaci (silverleaf whitefly)
• Cactoblastis cactorum (cactus moth) [19]
• Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly) [20]
• Ceratitis rosa (Natal fruit fly) [21]
• Chionaspis pinifoliae (pine needle scale insect) [22]
• Cinara cupressi (cypress aphid) [23]
• Coptotermes formosanus (Formosan subterranean termite)
• Cosmopolites sordidus (banana root borer) [24]
• Cryptotermes brevis (West Indian drywood termite)
• Ctenarytaina eucalypti (blue gum psyllid) [25]
• Diuraphis noxia (Russian wheat aphid) [26]
• Eulachnus rileyi (pine needle aphid) [27]
• Euwallacea fornicatus (tea shot hole borer) [28]
• Frankliniella occidentalis (western flower thrips) [29]
• Harmonia axyridis (Asian lady beetle) [30]
• Hylastes ater (black pine bark beetle)
• Hylurgus ligniperda (red-haired pine bark beetle) [31]
• Icerya purchasi (cottony cushion scale) [32]
• Linepithema humile (Argentine ant)
• Liriomyza trifolii (American serpentine leafminer)[33]
• Maconellicoccus hirsutus (hibiscus mealybug)
• Orthotomicus erosus (Mediterranean pine engraver) [34]
• Phenacoccus manihoti (cassava mealybug) [35]
• Phenacoccus solenopsis (cotton mealybug) [36]
• Pineus pini (pine woolly aphid) [37]
• Polistes dominula (European paper wasp [38]
• Prostephanus truncatus (larger grain borer)
• Pseudococcus calceolariae (Citrophilus mealybug) [39]
• Sirex noctilio (Sirex woodwasp)
• Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm)
• Technomyrmex albipes (white-footed ant)
• Thaumastocoris peregrinus (bronze bug) [40]
• Trialeurodes ricini (castor bean whitefly) [41]
• Trichomyrmex destructor (destructive trailing ant) [42]
• Vespula germanica (European wasp)
• Wasmannia auropunctata (electric ant)
• Xyleborinus saxesenii (fruit-tree pinhole borer) [43]
• Xyleborus perforans (island pinhole borer) [44]
• Xylosandrus compactus (black twig borer) [45]

Fish

• Ctenopharyngodon idella (grass carp) [46]
• Cyprinus carpio (common carp) [47][48]
• Gambusia affinis (western mosquitofish) [49]
• Gambusia holbrooki (eastern mosquitofish) [50]
• Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (silver carp) [51]
• Lates niloticus (Nile perch)
• Lepomis macrochirus (bluegill) [52]
• Micropterus dolomieu (smallmouth bass) [53]
• Micropterus floridanus (Florida bass) [54]
• Micropterus punctulatus (spotted bass) [55]
• Micropterus salmoides (largemouth bass) [56]
• Oreochromis niloticus (Nile tilapia) [57]
• Perca fluviatilis (European perch) [58]
• Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus (vermiculated sailfin catfish) [59]
• Salmo salar (Atlantic salmon) [60]
• Tinca tinca (tench) [61]

Amphibians

• Amietophrynus gutturalis (guttural toad) [62]

Reptiles

• Emys orbicularis (European pond turtle) [63]
• Gehyra mutilata (stump-tailed gecko) [64]
• Hemidactylus frenatus (common house gecko)
• Lepidodactylus lugubris (mourning gecko) [65]
• Tarentola mauritanica (Moorish wall gecko) [66]
• Trachemys scripta ssp. elegans (red-eared slider)

Birds

• Acridotheres tristis (common myna)
• Anas platyrhynchos (mallard)
• Columba livia (rock dove)
• Corvus splendens (house crow) [67]
• Fringilla coelebs (common chaffinch) [68]
• Passer domesticus (house sparrow)
• Psittacula krameri (rose-ringed parakeet) [69]
• Quelea quelea (red-billed quelea)
• Sturnus vulgaris (common starling) [70]
• Tyto alba (western barn owl) [71]

Mammals

• Ammotragus lervia (Barbary sheep) [72]
• Canis lupus (feral dog)
• Capra aegagrus (wild goat)
• Dama dama (fallow deer)
• Equus africanus (feral donkey)
• Felis silvestris (feral cat)
• Funambulus palmarum (three-striped palm squirrel)
• Hemitragus jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr)
• Herpestes javanicus (small Asian mongoose) [73]
• Macaca fascicularis (crab-eating macaque)
• Mus musculus (house mouse)
• Myocastor coypus (coypu) [74]
• Oryctolagus cuniculus (European rabbit)
• Ovis orientalis (mouflon) [75]
• Rattus norvegicus (brown rat)
• Rattus rattus (black rat)
• Suncus murinus (Asian house shrew) [76]
• Sus scrofa (wild boar)

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