EPPO Global Database

EPPO Reporting Service no. 02 - 2023 Num. article: 2023/033

Eradication of Aleurocanthus spiniferus, cotton leaf curl Gezira virus and Ripersiella hibisci from Belgium


The NPPO of Belgium recently informed the EPPO Secretariat of the successful eradication of three quarantine pests detected in 2021 and 2022.


  • Aleurocanthus spiniferus (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae – EPPO A2 List) had been detected in April 2022 (EPPO RS 2022/101). Eradication measures were applied. A survey confirmed that the pest is no longer present.

The pest status of Aleurocanthus spiniferus in Belgium is officially declared as: Absent, pest eradicated.


  • Cotton leaf curl Gezira virus (Begomovirus, CLCuGV, EU A1 Quarantine pest as ‘Begomovirus’) had been detected in August 2022 in Lavatera plants (EPPO RS 2022/196). Eradication measures were applied.

The pest status of cotton leaf curl Gezira virus in Belgium is officially declared as: Absent, pest eradicated.


  • Ripersiella hibisci (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae – EPPO A1 List) had been detected in June 2021 in Callistemon plants (EPPO RS 2021/125). Eradication measures were applied. A survey confirmed that the pest is no longer present. 

The pest status of Ripersiella hibisci in Belgium is officially declared as: Absent, pest eradicated.



Sources

NPPO of Belgium (2023-01).