EPPO Global Database

Paropsisterna bimaculata(CPTHBI)

Distribution details in United Kingdom

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2004: Absent, intercepted only
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2010/107) : it was intercepted 4 times in 2004 by the United Kingdom on tree ferns (Dicksonia antarctica) imported from Australia, these plants are not hosts but could transport the pest (hitchhiking).
References
* FERA (2005) Pest Risk Analysis for Chrysophtharta bimaculata (Oliver). http://www.fera.defra.gov.uk/plants/plantHealth/pestsDiseases/documents/Chrysoph.pdf