EPPO Global Database

Diabrotica virgifera virgifera(DIABVI)

Distribution details in United Kingdom (England)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2017: Absent, pest eradicated
First recorded in: 2003
Eradication in: 2017
From CABI Pest map 576 (2012): Absent, pest eradicated
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2010/027) : no Diabrotica beetles were caught in 2008 or 2009 in the UK, the NPPO now considers that the country is free from the pest and demarcated zones have been revoked.

EPPO Reporting Service (2013/240) : found again in summer 2013, in 1 maize field in Hertfordshire.

EPPO Reporting Service (2018/024) : no longer found, pest has been eradicated.
References
* NPPO of United Kingdom (2003-09, 2004-09, 2010-01, 2013-10, 2017-08).