Lissachatina fulica(ACHAFU)
Distribution details in Cuba
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2014: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2014
First recorded in: 2014
First found in July 2014 in the municipality of Arroyo Naranjo (near la Havana), it then spread to adjoining localities in 2014/2015.
* INTERNET
Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kouri. Introducción del caracol gigante Africano, vector de meningoencefalitis eosinofílica en una zona urbana de La Habana by AA Vazquez Perera and J Sanchez Noda (dated 2014-08-06). http://instituciones.sld.cu/ipk/introduccion-del-caracol-gigante-africano-vector-de-meningoencefalitis-eosinofilica-en-una-zona-urbana-de-la-habana/
* Vázquez AA, Sánchez J, Martínez E, Alba A (2017) Facilitated invasion of an overseas invader: human mediated settlement and expansion of the giant African snail, Lissachatina fulica, in Cuba. Biological Invasions 19(1), 1-4.
------- Found in 13 additional sites (in 2014/2015), showing rapid spread to adjoining localities.
Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kouri. Introducción del caracol gigante Africano, vector de meningoencefalitis eosinofílica en una zona urbana de La Habana by AA Vazquez Perera and J Sanchez Noda (dated 2014-08-06). http://instituciones.sld.cu/ipk/introduccion-del-caracol-gigante-africano-vector-de-meningoencefalitis-eosinofilica-en-una-zona-urbana-de-la-habana/
* Vázquez AA, Sánchez J, Martínez E, Alba A (2017) Facilitated invasion of an overseas invader: human mediated settlement and expansion of the giant African snail, Lissachatina fulica, in Cuba. Biological Invasions 19(1), 1-4.
------- Found in 13 additional sites (in 2014/2015), showing rapid spread to adjoining localities.