Drosophila suzukii(DROSSU)
Distribution details in South Africa
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2024: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2023
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present: not widely distributed and under official control (2024-05)
First recorded in: 2023
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present: not widely distributed and under official control (2024-05)
EPPO Reporting Service (2024/097) : first detected in October 2023 in Vaccinium spp. Further surveys detected it in 4 provinces (Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Limpopo, Kwa-Zulu Natal).
* IPPC website. Official Pest Reports – South Africa (ZAF-58/2 of 2024/03/28) Notification on the detection of Drosophila suzukii, the Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD) in the Republic of South Africa. https://www.ippc.int/fr/countries/south-africa/pestreports/2024/05/notification-of-the-detection-of-drosophila-suzukii-the-spotted-wing-drosophila-swd-in-the-republic-of-south-africa/
* Steyn L, Jodamus Z, Steyn V, Collop A, Addison M, Bekker G, Esterhuizen N, Karsten M, Addison P (2025) First records of the fruit pest Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura, 1931)(Diptera: Drosophilidae) in South Africa. African Entomology 33(1), 1-4 https://doi.org/10.17159/2254-8854/2025/a22307
-----found in traps in Langkloof region in the Eastern Cape province in April 2022
* Steyn L, Jodamus Z, Steyn V, Collop A, Addison M, Bekker G, Esterhuizen N, Karsten M, Addison P (2025) First records of the fruit pest Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura, 1931)(Diptera: Drosophilidae) in South Africa. African Entomology 33(1), 1-4 https://doi.org/10.17159/2254-8854/2025/a22307
-----found in traps in Langkloof region in the Eastern Cape province in April 2022