EPPO Global Database

Atherigona orientalis(ATHEOR)

Distribution details in Spain

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Present, no details
References
* CABI (2023) Data Sheet on Atherigona orientalis (Pepper Fruit Fly)—. https://doi.org/10.1079/cabicompendium.7731

* Cabrera-Cánoves P, Pujade-Villar J, Pont AC (2019) The first record of the pantropical filth fly Atherigona orientalis Schiner from mainland Europe and another record of Synthesiomyia nudiseta (van der Wulp) from Spain (Diptera: Muscidae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 155(4), 277-280.
------- found in a forensic experiment (in a dead pig head used as bait), in Alicante province. Not recorded as a plant pest.

* Pont AC (1992) The world distribution, host range and abundance of Atherigona orientalis Schiner, 1968 (Insecta, Diptera, Muscidae). A report prepared for the Bureau of Rural Resources, Department of Primary Industries and Energy, Canberra, Australia. Information Paper - Bureau of Rural Resources (Canberra), No. IP/1/92:21-65
------- Canarias
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
France Present, few occurrences view...