EPPO Global Database

Chilo partellus(CHILZO)

Distribution details in Reunion

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 1996: Absent, invalid record
From CABI Pest map 184 (1989): Present, no details
Comments
Vercambre (pers. comm.) indicates that this pest has never been present in Réunion. The CABI record is based on an IRAT-Réunion report of 1982, which incidentally mentioned a biological control programme against this pest in the Comoros.