EPPO Global Database

Ceratitis capitata(CERTCA)

Distribution details in New Zealand

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 1997: Absent, pest eradicated
From CABI Pest map 001 (2016): Absent, pest eradicated
From NPPO: Absent, pest eradicated
Comments
From country itself (1992): ongoing surveillance programme in place (refer NASS Standard 157.02.02).

EPPO Reporting Service (1996/115) : incursion in Auckland area. Not found since, and now considered eradicated.
References
* Holder, P. W.; Stephenson, B.; Chadfield, K.; Frampton, R. (1997) Weta 20 (1), 4-6.
------- Mt Roskill.

* Matthews, C. (1996) Commercial Grower 51 (8), 4-8.
------- Outbreak at Mt Roskill. Successfully controlled.

* From APPPC
------- Absent, pest eradicated