EPPO Global Database

Euwallacea fornicatus sensu stricto(EUWAWH)

Vector of

Important note on vectors:
Information on vectors and their associated pathogens is a new feature of the database (April 2023). Data will gradually be entered by the EPPO Secretariat and will focus on regulated (quarantine) pests.
Organism Type
Fusarium euwallaceae (FUSAEW) Known vector
* Eskalen A, Gonzalez A, Wang DH, Twizeyimana M, Mayorquin SJ & Lynch SC (2012) First report of a Fusarium sp.and its vector tea shot hole borer (Euwallacea fornicatus) causing fusarium dieback on avocado in California. Plant Disease 96(7), 1070. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-03-12-0276-PDN

* Freeman S, Sharon M, Maymon M, Mendel Z, Protasov A, Aoki T, Eskalen A, & O’Donnell K (2013) Fusarium euwallaceae sp. nov. — A symbiotic fungus of Euwallacea sp., an invasive ambrosia beetle in Israel and California. Mycologia 105(6), 1595–1606. https://doi.org/10.3852/13-066