EPPO Global Database

Elsinoë australis(ELSIAU)

Distribution details in United States of America (California)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2026: Present, few occurrences
From CABI Disease map 55 (2022): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2014/116) : first reported in 2014 in 2 commercial groves of lemons (Citrus limon) in Imperial county, as well as on grapefruit (C. paradisi) from a residential area in Los Angeles country

NPPO (2026): quarantine area in the Van Nuys area of Los Angeles County
References
* NAPPO Phytosanitary Pest Alert System. Official Pest Reports.
- USA (2026-03-18) APHIS Expands the Sweet Orange Scab Quarantined Area in California. https://www.pestalerts.org/nappo/official-pest-reports/1190/
- USA (2016-10-14) Elsinoë australis (Sweet Orange Scab) - APHIS Establishes Quarantined Areas in California for Sweet Orange Scab (SOS) and Revises the Conditions for Movement of Regulated Fruit and Nursery Stock under the SOS Quarantine. http://www.pestalert.org/oprDetail.cfm?oprID=683


* Stock SD (2014) Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus and sweet orange scab detected in California. NPDN First Detector Network News 9(1), p 4.