EPPO Global Database

Aculops fuchsiae(ACUPFU)

Distribution details in United Kingdom (England)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2014: Present, few occurrences
First recorded in: 2009
From CABI Pest map 716 (2009): Present, few occurrences
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2007/170) : Present, first found in 2007 in one private garden in Southern England (Hampshire), under official control.
References
* INTERNET (last retrieved on 2007-09)
- International Phytosanitary Portal, FAO. Pest reports (2007-09-25). Aculops fuchsiae - fuchsia gall mite. https://www.ippc.int/id/188346?language=en
- The British Fuchsia Society. http://www.thebfs.org.uk/Defra/notice1.html

* NPPO of the United Kingdom (2007-09, 2014-06).

* Salisbury A, Ostojá-Starzewski J, Halstead AJ (2014) The establishment of fuchsia gall mite, Aculops fuchsiae (Acari: Eriophyidae) in England, a serious pest of Fuchsia. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History 27, 145-150.