New data on quarantine pests and pests of the EPPO Alert List
By searching through the literature, the EPPO Secretariat has extracted the following new data concerning quarantine pests and pests included (or formerly included) on the EPPO Alert List, and indicated in bold the situation of the pest concerned using the terms of ISPM 8.
- New records
Ceratothripoides claratris (Thysanoptera: Thripidae, EPPO A1 List) is first reported from Colombia. One specimen was identified during a field survey in 2014 on a wild Crotalaria sp. in the tropical moist forest (Ebratt-Ravelo et al., 2024). Present.
Heteronychus arator (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, EPPO A1 List) is emerging as a damaging pest in Cameroon where it affects wheat (Triticum aestivum) (Achiri et al., 2024) and maize (Zea mays) (Suh et al., 2023). Present.
- New pests and taxonomy
In Henan province (China), investigations identified the cyst nematode attacking tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) as a subspecies of Heterodera glycines (EPPO A2 List - soybean cyst nematode), Heterodera glycines subsp. nov. tabacum (Ren et al., 2024).
Sources
Achiri TD, Chaba AF, Nsobinenyui D, Khumbah ND (2024) Characterization of wheat (Triticum aestivum) plant infested by and identification of the African black beetle Heteronychus arator (Fabricius, 1775), a pest attacking wheat in Cameroon. World News of Natural Sciences 53, 159-168.
Ebratt-Ravelo E, Castro-Avila A, Goldaracena-Lafuente A (2024) Updated checklist of the order Thysanoptera in Colombia. Zootaxa 5489(1), 192-203. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5489.1.14
Ren H, Chen K, Xu X, Li R, Kang X, Chang F, Zhou Y, Peng D, Zhou Y, Jiang S, Cui J (2024) Identification and biological characterization of a new cyst nematode, Heterodera glycines sbsp. n. tabacum, parasitizing tobacco in China. Plant Disease 108(8), 2389-2398.
Suh NN, Ngosong C, Okolle NJ, Ntonifor NN (2023) Heteronychus arator population dynamics and its influencing climatic factors in the humid rainforest maize field in Cameroon. Journal of Entomology 20, 14-22. https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=je.2023.14.22