Aleurocanthus spiniferus(ALECSN)
Distribution details in Croatia
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2025: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2012
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, not widely distributed and under official control (2025-02).
First recorded in: 2012
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, not widely distributed and under official control (2025-02).
From NPPO (2008): faunistic studies carried out from 2005 to 2007 on citrus whiteflies, showed that A. spiniferus does not occur in Croatia.
EPPO Reporting Service (2015/047) : first found in 2012 in 1 garden centre in Split, under eradication.
Official surveys conducted in 2015 and 2016 confirmed the absence of the pest.
EPPO Reporting Service (2018/192) : in September 2018, an outbreak was found in Vitaljina (Dubrovnik-Neretva county) in a small mandarin orchard.
From NPPO (2019): severe outbreak found in September 2019 in Jelsa (Split Dalmatia County). Official measures are taken to contain the pest as eradication does not seem to be possible.
EPPO Reporting Service (2025/036) : new outbreaks in Dubrovnik-Nerevta, Split-Dalmatia. Under official control.
EPPO Reporting Service (2025/141) : eradication no longer believed to be possible in Dubrovnik Neretva, Primorje-Gorski and Split Dalmatia counties.
EPPO Reporting Service (2015/047) : first found in 2012 in 1 garden centre in Split, under eradication.
Official surveys conducted in 2015 and 2016 confirmed the absence of the pest.
EPPO Reporting Service (2018/192) : in September 2018, an outbreak was found in Vitaljina (Dubrovnik-Neretva county) in a small mandarin orchard.
From NPPO (2019): severe outbreak found in September 2019 in Jelsa (Split Dalmatia County). Official measures are taken to contain the pest as eradication does not seem to be possible.
EPPO Reporting Service (2025/036) : new outbreaks in Dubrovnik-Nerevta, Split-Dalmatia. Under official control.
EPPO Reporting Service (2025/141) : eradication no longer believed to be possible in Dubrovnik Neretva, Primorje-Gorski and Split Dalmatia counties.
* Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1075 of 2 June 2025 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1927 as regards the list of demarcated areas for containment of Aleurocanthus spiniferus (Quaintance). OJ L 2025/1075, http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/1075/oj
* NPPO of Croatia (2008-12, 2017-03, 2018-10, 2019-10, 2025-02).
* Šimala M, Masten Milek T (2013) First record of the orange spiny whitefly, Aleurocanthus spiniferus Quaintance, 1903 (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), in Croatia. Poster presented at the Conference ‘Zbornik Predavanj in Referatov, 11. Slovenskega Posvetovanja o Varstvu Rastlin Z Mednarodno Udelezbo (Bled, SI, 2013-03-0/06) http://dvrs.bf.uni-lj.si/spvr/2013/60Simala.pdf
* Šimala M, Masten Milek T, Pintar M (2015) The whitefly species (Hemiptera, Aleyrodidae) with dark puparium and pupal case recorded in Croatia. Natura Croatica 24(1), 111-125.
* Šimala M, Pintar M, Masten Milek T, Markotic V (2017) Results of a two year survey (2015-2016) of quarantine whitefly species from genus Aleurocanthus Quaintance & Baker in Croatia. Paper presented at the 13th Slovenian Conference on Plant Protection (SI, March 2017) (in press)
* NPPO of Croatia (2008-12, 2017-03, 2018-10, 2019-10, 2025-02).
* Šimala M, Masten Milek T (2013) First record of the orange spiny whitefly, Aleurocanthus spiniferus Quaintance, 1903 (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), in Croatia. Poster presented at the Conference ‘Zbornik Predavanj in Referatov, 11. Slovenskega Posvetovanja o Varstvu Rastlin Z Mednarodno Udelezbo (Bled, SI, 2013-03-0/06) http://dvrs.bf.uni-lj.si/spvr/2013/60Simala.pdf
* Šimala M, Masten Milek T, Pintar M (2015) The whitefly species (Hemiptera, Aleyrodidae) with dark puparium and pupal case recorded in Croatia. Natura Croatica 24(1), 111-125.
* Šimala M, Pintar M, Masten Milek T, Markotic V (2017) Results of a two year survey (2015-2016) of quarantine whitefly species from genus Aleurocanthus Quaintance & Baker in Croatia. Paper presented at the 13th Slovenian Conference on Plant Protection (SI, March 2017) (in press)
| Country | State | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montenegro | Present, restricted distribution |