EPPO Global Database

Ceratitis capitata(CERTCA)

Distribution details in Russian Federation (the)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2025: Absent, pest eradicated
First recorded in: 1994
Eradication in: 2017
Pest status declared by NPPO: Absent (2025-04)
From CABI Pest map 001 (2016): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (1996/120) : isolated incident in Krasnodar province, associated with goods transported from Turkey.

In 2001, as well as in 2009-2010, found again in Novorossiysk and Anapa (Krasnodar province).

EPPO Reporting Service (2015/119) : in 2014, found in Rostov-on-Don (Rostov oblast) in a private garden, under eradication.

NPPO (2025): The outbreak in Rostov-on-Don was eradicated in 2017. The pest has not been found again. Considered absent from the Russian Federation.
References
* Andreev, A. A.; Kochetkov, N. V. (1997) Zashchita i Karantin Rastenii No. 6, 18.
------- Krasnodar, under eradication.

* Kasatkin DG, Poushkova SV (2014) New report of Mediterranean fruit fly in Russia. Plant Health Research and Practice 4(10), p 5.
------- In 2014, in Rostov-on-Don.

* Magomedov US, Atanov NM (2012) Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata (Wied.), its ability ot establish. Plant Health Research and Practice no. 2, 51-53.
------- In 1994-2010, an outbreak was detected in Krasnodar Krai (Novorossiysk, Anapa).

* NPPO of the Russian Federation (1995, 2025-04).
- National report on the quarantine phytosanitary status of the territory on the Russian Federation (2017): https://fsvps.gov.ru/files/nacionalnyj-doklad-o-karantinnom-fitosanitarnom-sostojanii-territorii-rossijskoj-federacii-v-2017-godu/
- National report on the quarantine phytosanitary status of the territory on the Russian Federation (2023): https://fsvps.gov.ru/files/nacionalnyj-doklad-o-karantinnom-fitosanitarnom-sostojanii-territorii-rossijskoj-federacii-v-2023-godu/
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
China Absent, invalid record view...
China Hubei Absent, invalid record view...
Norway Absent, intercepted only view...
Poland Absent, pest no longer present view...
Ukraine Transient view...