New additions to the EPPO A1 and A2 Lists
In September 2026, the EPPO Council approved the following changes made to the EPPO A1 and A2 Lists of pests recommended for regulation as quarantine pests.
Additions to the A1 List (pests absent from the EPPO region)
- Clavibacter nebraskensis,
- Harringtonia lauricola and its vector Xyleborus glabratus,
- Litylenchus crenatae
Additions to the A2 List (pests locally present in the EPPO region)
- Senecio angulatus (plant)
Transfer from the A2 to the A1 List
- Stenocarpella macrospora
Deletions from the A1 List
- Strawberry latent C virus (STLCV)
- Grosmannia wageneri [following changes in taxonomy]
Deletion from the A2 List
- Cacoecimorpha pronubana
Changes in taxonomy in A1 List:
- Grosmannia wageneri is replaced by Leptographium wageneri, L. ponderosum and L. pseudotsugae
For each individual pest, PRA documents have been prepared and datasheets are under development. They will be available in due course in the EPPO Global Database (https://gd.eppo.int) and the EPPO Platform on PRAs (https://pra.eppo.int/).
Sources
EPPO Secretariat (2026-10).