First reports of Grapholita packardi and G. prunivora in Mexico
During surveillance activities carried out by the NPPO of Mexico, Grapholita packardi (=Cydia packardi) and Grapholita prunivora (=Cydia prunivora) (both Lepidoptera: Tortricidae – EPPO A1 List) were detected in the following states and municipalities (indicated within brackets). The EPPO Secretariat previously had no data on the occurrence of these two pests in Mexico.
Grapholita packardi
- Aguascalientes (Calvillo, Tepezalá, Rincón de Romos);
- Baja California (Ensenada);
- Durango (Poanas, Nombre de Dios, Durango, Peñón Blanco, Vicente Guerrero, San Juan del Río);
- Hidalgo (Acaxochitlán, Zimapan, Omitlán de Juárez, Huasca de Ocampo, Omitlán de Juárez);
- Mexico (Villa del Carbón, Tepozotlán, Isidro Fabela, Tepetlaoxtoc, Jalacingo, Texcoco, Chalco, Nicolás Romero, Sultepec, Chiautla, Ozumba, Tenango del Aire, Chicoloapan, Soyaniquilpan, Aculco, Ayapango, Zumpango);
- Mexico City (districts of Miguel Hidalgo, Magdalena Contreras);
- Puebla (Huejotzingo, Huauchinango, Chignahuapan, Tlahuapan, San Salvador el Verde, San Matias Tlalancaleca, Tochimilco, Soltepec, Tlatlauquitepec, Coronango, Zacatlán, Cohuecán, Mazapiltepec de Juárez, Aculco, Tetela de Ocampo, Xiutetelco);
- Querétaro (San Juan del Río);
- Tlaxcala (Tlaxcala, Santa Cruz, Huiloac, Apizaco, Coaxomulco, Santa Cruz, Amoxac de Guerrero, Yauhquemehcan, Ixtacuixtla de Mariano Matamoros, Apizaco, Tzompantepec, Apetatitlán de Antonio Carbajal, Xaltocan, Papalotla de Xicohténcatl, Xicohtzinco);
- Veracruz (Las Vigas de Ramírez);
- Zacatecas (Jerez, Sombrerete).
The NPPO stated that G. packardi is considered a quarantine pest present in Mexico in some municipalities of Aguascalientes, Baja California, Mexico City, Durango, State of Mexico, Hidalgo, Puebla, Querétaro, Tlaxcala, Veracruz and Zacatecas (NAPPO, 2017).
Grapholita prunivora
- Baja California (Tijuana);
- Hidalgo (Acaxochitlán, Zimapan, Omitlán de Juárez, Huasca de Ocampo);
- Puebla (Chignahuapan, Tlatlauquitepec, Coronango, Zacatlán, Cohuecán, Mazapiltepec de Juárez, Huejotzingo, Aculco, Huauchinango, Tetela de Ocampo, Xiutetelco, Atempan).
The NPPO stated that G. prunivora is considered a quarantine pest present in Mexico, only in some municipalities of Baja California, Hidalgo and Puebla (NAPPO, 2017).
Sources
NAPPO Phytosanitary Pest Alert System. Official Pest Reports.
- Mexico (2017-10-18) Detection of Grapholita prunivora in Mexico. https://pestalert.org/oprDetail.cfm?oprID=731
- Mexico (2017-10-18) Detection of cherry fruit worm moth (Grapholita packardi) in Mexico. https://pestalert.org/oprDetail.cfm?oprID=732