EPPO Alert List
(last updated in 2013-02)
The purpose of the Alert List is to draw the attention of EPPO member countries to certain pests possibly presenting a risk to them and achieve early warning. Pests are marked with an asterisk* in the Table below when PRAs are planned or under development within EPPO. The entry date corresponds to the date when the pest was added to the Alert List.
Read a short introduction on the purpose and maintenance of the EPPO Alert List.
| Pest Names | Main host plants or habitats | PRA |
Entry date |
| Insects and mites | |||
| Aproceros leucopoda (Hymenoptera: Argidae) | Ulmus | 2011-09 |
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| Aromia bungii (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) | Prunus spp., and other fruit tree species | 2012-05 |
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| Chrysophtharta bimaculata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) | Eucalyptus |
2010-05 |
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| Enaphalodes rufulus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) | Quercus rubra, Q. velutina, Q. coccinea |
2008-09 |
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| Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) | Polyphagous |
2008-10 |
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| Neoleucinodes elegantalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) | Solanaceae | * |
2012-03 |
| Oemona hirta (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) | Polyphagous |
* |
2010-10 |
Ophiomyia kwansonis (Diptera: Agromyzidae)  |
Hemerocallis | 2013-01 |
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| Polygraphus proximus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) | Abies | * |
2011-10 |
| Strauzia longipennis (Diptera: Tephritidae) | Helianthus annuus | 2011-02 |
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| Thaumastocoris peregrinus (Hemiptera: Thaumastocoridae) | Eucalyptus | 2012-07 |
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| Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) | Polyphagous (citrus, cotton, maize, prunus) | * |
2011-05 |
| Xylosandrus crassiusculus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) | Polyphagous (woody deciduous plants) |
2009-03 |
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| Nematodes | |||
| Hederodera zeae | Maize (Zea mays) and other cereals (Triticum, Hordeum) | 2012-01 |
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| Meloidogyne ethiopica | Polyphagous |
2011-01 |
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| Punctodera chalcoensis |
Maize (Zea mays) | 2012-01 |
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| Fungi | |||
| Chalara fraxinea | Fraxinus |
2007-09 |
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| Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lactucae | Lactuca sativa, Valerianella locusta |
2009-09 |
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| Phytophthora kernoviae | Fagus, Rhododendron |
* |
2005-10 |
| Phytophthora pinifolia | Pinus radiata |
2009-01 |
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| Phytophthora ramorum | Lithocarpus, Quercus, Rhododendron, Viburnum and other woody ornamentals |
* |
2001-01 |
| Bacteria | |||
| Acidovorax citrulli | Citrullus lanatus, Cucumis melo. |
* |
2009-07 |
| Maize redness (Stolbur phytoplasma) | Zea mays | 2012-02 | |
| Pseudomonas syringae pv. aesculi | Aesculus hippocastanum |
2009-06 | |
| Syndrome des basses richesses | Beta vulgaris | 2012-10 | |
| Viruses and virus-like diseases | |||
| Tomato apical stunt pospiviroid | Lycopersicon esculentum |
2003-07 |
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| Tomato torrado virus |
Lycopersicon esculentum |
2009-02 |
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| Invasive plants | |||
| Andropogon virginicus | Pastures, forests, banks of continental water, wetlands, road and rail networks, wastelands | 2011-10 |
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| Asparagus asparagoides | Forests, coastal wetlands, banks of continental water, road and rail networks, wastelands, green urban areas | 2012-03 |
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| Cardiospermum grandiflorum | Forests (mixed, broad-leaved), banks of continental water, riverbanks, road and rail networks, wastelands | 2012-10 |
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| Gunnera tinctoria |
Forests (mixed, broad-leaved), wetlands, banks of continental water, riverbanks, road and rail networks, wastelands, green urban areas | 2013-02 |
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| Limnophila sessiliflora | Water courses, water bodies | 2012-02 |
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| Miscanthus sinensis | Riverbanks, pastures, road and rail networks, wastelands | 2011-04 |
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| Parthenium hysterophorus | Arable crops, orchards, riverbanks, road and rail networks, wastelands | 2011-03 |
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You can view here information on previously listed organisms
As explained in the introduction, after a certain period, if it appears that the risk is no so high and that no special phytosanitary action is needed, the pests are deleted from the Alert List. On the opposite, when the risk is considered sufficiently high, pests are transferred to the EPPO A1 or A2 Lists and on the Action List.
