EPPO Global Database

Tuta absoluta(GNORAB)

Distribution details in United Kingdom (England)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2017: Present, restricted distribution
From CABI Pest map 723 (2013): Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2009/152) : first records of T. absoluta in Essex (in March 2009 in a packing station - in July 2009 in a tomato glasshouse), under eradication.

EPPO Reporting Service (2016/004) : in October 2015, the NPPO officially declared the successful eradication of the pest.

From NPPO (2017): the pest occurs in the UK with a restricted distribution.
References
* FERA (2009) News: Fera confirms the first outbreak in the UK of Tuta absoluta - the South American tomato moth. http://www.fera.defra.gov.uk/plants/plantHealth/pestsDiseases/tomatoMoth.cfm.
------- At 14 packing sites on imported tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) fruits from Spain and Italy and at one tomato production site. Under eradication.

* INTERNET (last retrieved in 2009-07)
Fera confirms the first outbreak in the UK of Tuta absoluta – the South American tomato moth (2009-07-10).
http://www.fera.defra.gov.uk/plants/plantHealth/pestsDiseases/tomatoMoth.cfm

* IPPC website. Official Pest Reports – United Kingdom (GBR-17/3 2015-10-30) Tuta absoluta. https://www.ippc.int/index.php

* NPPO of the United Kingdom (2009-07, 2017-07).