EPPO Global Database

Bemisia tabaci(BEMITA)

Distribution details in New Zealand

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 1993: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1992
From CABI Pest map 284 (1999): Present, restricted distribution
From NPPO: Present, restricted distribution
Comments
From country itself (1992): first detected in 1992. North Island only. On begonia, poinsettia, gerbera, hibiscus, lisianthus and geranium. Although only found in glasshouses, it has not been found in any tomato or cucumber glasshouse crops.

Reporting Service 522/19 of 1992-04 and 526/13 of 1992-08.
References
* Anon. (1991) DSIR Plant Protection Leaflet No. 91/1, 2 pp.

* Martin, N. A. (1989) DSIR Plant Protection Report No. 1, 42 pp.