EPPO Global Database

Bemisia tabaci(BEMITA)

Distribution details in Ireland

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2025: Transient
First recorded in: 1997
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, under eradication (2025-11)
From CABI Pest map 284 (1999): Absent, pest eradicated
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service 500/08.

EPPO Reporting Service (1997/212) : found in 1997 in 4 nurseries producing Euphorbia pulcherrima. Eradication measures put in place - In 1998: confirmed as eradicated.

EPPO Reporting Service (2010/210) : detected in 2009 in 7 nurseries producing E. pulcherrima. All outbreaks were eradicated in 2009.

Ireland is a protected zone for Bemisia tabaci.

NPPO (2025): one outbreak detected on Euphorbia pulcherrima within a greenhouse in August 2025, eradicated in October 2025. Another outbreak detected in September 2025 also on E. pulcherrima in protected cultivation. Eradication measures are applied.
References
* NPPO of Ireland (1997-10, 2010-07, 2025-11)