EPPO Global Database

Paysandisia archon(PAYSAR)

Distribution details in United Kingdom

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2014: Absent, pest eradicated
Pest status declared by NPPO: Absent (2014-06)
From CABI Pest map 683 (2006): Present, few occurrences
Comments
In 2002, a single adult was found in Northern Ireland and another one in South England (see EPPO Reporting Service (2003/121) ). Both were eradicated (NPPO, 2005).

EPPO Reporting Service (2009/142) : 2 incursions were noted in 2007 in the atrium of an office building in Kent on Phoenix canariensis trees which had been imported from Spain. All affected palm trees were destroyed.
References
* NPPO of the UK (2005-12, 2014-06).

* Reid S (2008) Recent quarantine interceptions of Paysandisia archon Burmeister. Atropos 33, 25-27.