EPPO Global Database

Tuta absoluta(GNORAB)

Distribution details in Italy (Sicilia)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2012: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2008
From CABI Pest map 723 (2013): Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2009/023) : first found in December 2008 in the southern part of Sicilia (Caltanissetta, Ragusa).

EPPO Reporting Service (2009/154) : found on Phaseolus vulgaris in Sicilia.
References
* Garzia, G. T.; Siscaro, G.; Colombo, A.; Campo, G. (2009) L'Informatore Agrario 65 (4), 71.

* Regional Plant Protection Services of Sicilia (IT), 2009-02 and 2009-07.

* Siscaro, G.; Biondi, A.; Buonocore, E.; Garzia, G. T.; Zappala, L. (2012) IOBC/WPRS Bulletin 80, 326.

* Speranza S, Sannino L (2012) The current status of Tuta absoluta in Italy. Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 42(2), 328-332.
------- Details about the situation of the pest in Italy.

* Tropea Garzia G, Siscaro G, Colombo A, Campo G (2009) Rinvenuta in Sicilia Tuta absoluta. L’Informatore Agrario no. 4, p 71.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Austria Present, restricted distribution view...
France Corse Present, few occurrences view...
France Present, restricted distribution view...
Slovenia Present, restricted distribution view...
Switzerland Present, restricted distribution view...