EPPO Global Database

Phthorimaea operculella(PHTOOP)

Distribution details in Croatia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2017: Present, restricted distribution
From CABI Pest map 010 (2012): Present, restricted distribution
From NPPO: Present, restricted distribution
Comments
On Dalmatian coast.

From Horváth et al. (2017): an infestation was found in October 2015 on a pile of stored potatoes in Lug (Osijek-Baranja county), more than 4 tonnes of potatoes were destroyed by the larvae. Infected potato were then detected in nearby Hungary (about 60 km away) in a market in Komló (Baranya County).
References
* Anon. (2001) Glasnik Zastite Bilja 24 (1), 74 pp.

* Horváth D, Fazekas I, Keszthelyi S (2017) Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller, 1873), first record of an invasive pest in Hungary (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae). Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica 52(1), 117-122.

* Karsholt O, Nieukerken EJ van (2011) Fauna Europaea: Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller 1873). Fauna Europaea version 2.4. http://www.faunaeur.org.

* NPPO of Croatia (1996).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Hungary Present, restricted distribution view...
Serbia Present, restricted distribution view...
Slovenia Present, no details view...