Update on the status of some regulated pests in Chile
During official surveys in Chile, the following pests have been detected and are now considered to be established. They have been consequently removed from the list of quarantine pests of Chile:
- - Citrus tatter leaf virus (Capillovirus mali – ASGV - EU RNQP),
- - Diaspis boisduvalii (Hemiptera: Diaspididae)
- - Elasmopalpus lignosellus (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae – EPPO Alert List),
- - Eutypa lata (causing dieback of grapevine)
- - High Plains wheat mosaic virus (Emaravirus tritici – HPWMoV - formerly EPPO Alert List),
- - Otiorhynchus ovatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
- - Pseudomonas syringae pv. morsprunorum (EU RNQP),
- - Rhizoecus falcifer (Hemiptera: Rhizoecidae)
- - Rhodococcus fascians (EU RNQP).
The following pests for which the EPPO Secretariat had no previous reports of findings are noted as present, under official control:
- - Eutetranychus banksi (Acari: Tetranychidae, EPPO Alert List)
- - Brevipalpus phoenicis (Acari: Tenuipalpidae), vector of Citrus leprosis (EPPO A1 List)
Sources
SAG (2024) Resolución Exenta Nº1376/2024 Modifica la Resolución N°3.080 de 2003 que establece criterios de regionalización, enrelación a las plagas cuarentenarias para el territorio de Chile. https://www.sag.gob.cl/sites/default/files/Resoluci%C3%B3n%201376_2024_Plagas%20Cuarentenarias.pdf