EPPO Global Database

Diaphorina citri(DIAACI)

Distribution details in Israel

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Transient
First recorded in: 2021
Pest status declared by NPPO: Transient (only in one location), actionable, under eradication (2022-02)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2022/032) : observed on trees of Citrus reticulata and Citrus sinensis, in groves within a limited area, in the Hefer Valley region of the Sharon plain in central Israel in August 2021. Candidatus Liberibacter sp. were not detected. Under eradication.
References
* NPPO of Israel (2022-02).