EPPO Global Database

Drosophila suzukii(DROSSU)

Distribution details in Bulgaria

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2018: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2014
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present in specific parts of the Member State, where host crop(s) are grown, Seasonally (2018-11)
From CABI Pest map 766 (2016): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2015/006) : first found in 2014 in the Southwestern part (Blagoevgrad, Kyustendil and Plovdiv), under official control.

From NPPO (2018): first trapped in Burgas, on the Black Sea coast in a fig tree orchard. Also trapped in Tran (region of Pernik, Southwest) in September 2018 in a nursery of raspberry mother plants (Rubus idaeus) and in Brashlen (region of Ruse, North of Bulgaria) in October 2018 in fruit growing plantation of raspberries (Rubus idaeus). No official measures are applied as the pest is not regulated.
References
* Minkov P, Goergiev D, Palagacheva N, Dzhuvinov V (2018) Monitoring of spotted wing drosophila in raspberries and blackberries in Troyan region, Bulgaria. Bulgarian Journal of Agricultural Science 24(4), 670-673.
------- Studies in Troyan region.

* NPPO of Bulgaria (2014-12, 2018-10; 2018-11).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Greece Kriti Present, restricted distribution view...
Greece Present, restricted distribution view...
Romania Present, widespread view...
Serbia Present, no details view...
Türkiye Present, restricted distribution view...