Pieris brassicae(PIERBR)
Distribution details in New Zealand
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2016: Absent, pest eradicated
First recorded in: 2010
Eradication in: 2016
First recorded in: 2010
Eradication in: 2016
First found in Nelson in May 2010 and submitted to an eradication programme. The last specimen detected was caught in Nelson in December 2014. Officially declared eradicated in June 2016.
* INTERNET
New Zealand Department of Conservation. Pieris brassicae (great white butterfly) eradication annual report. http://www.doc.govt.nz/about-us/science-publications/conservation-publications/threats-and-impacts/animal-pests/pieris-brassicae-great-white-butterfly-eradication-annual-report/
New Zealand Department of Conservation. Pieris brassicae (great white butterfly) eradication annual report. http://www.doc.govt.nz/about-us/science-publications/conservation-publications/threats-and-impacts/animal-pests/pieris-brassicae-great-white-butterfly-eradication-annual-report/