EPPO Global Database

Ceratitis capitata(CERTCA)

Distribution details in United Kingdom

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 1993: Absent, pest no longer present
First recorded in: 1869
From NPPO: Absent, pest no longer present
Comments
From country itself (1992): two short-lived findings in 1869 and 1940.
References
* Massee AM (1940) Ceratitis capitata in Middlesex. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 76 (5) 112.
------- Middlesex, short lived.

* NPPO of the United Kingdom (1993).