Spodoptera frugiperda(LAPHFR)
Distribution details in Malta
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2024: Absent, unreliable record
EPPO Reporting Service (2024/101) : trapped during faunistic studies but diagnosis not confirmed by an accredited laboratory. Not trapped during official surveys.
* NPPO of Malta (2024-05).
* Seguna A, Catania A, Borg JJ, Sammut P (2024) Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith, 1797), an unwelcome visitor reaches the Maltese Islands (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Xyleninae). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología 52(205), 29-31. https://doi.org/10.57065/shilap.844
* Seguna A, Catania A, Borg JJ, Sammut P (2024) Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith, 1797), an unwelcome visitor reaches the Maltese Islands (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Xyleninae). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología 52(205), 29-31. https://doi.org/10.57065/shilap.844