EPPO Global Database

Tuta absoluta(GNORAB)

Distribution details in Netherlands

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Present, no details
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present (2023-07)
From CABI Pest map 723 (2013): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2009/024) : in January 2009, 3 specimens were caught in a tomato packing station. Surveys showed that the pest does not occur in the Netherlands.

EPPO Reporting Service (2009/105) : detected again in May 2009, in a tomato glasshouse belonging to the same company where the pest had been caught in January 2009 (in the packing and sorting facilities). Also caught in another production site and several other packaging stations.
References
* NPPO of the Netherlands (2009-02, 2009-05, 2022-07, 2023-07).

* NPPO of the Netherlands - Pest status of harmful organisms in the Netherlands (Fytosignalering covering 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015).

* Huisman KJ, Koster JC, Muus TST (2013) Entomologische Berichten 73(3), 91-117.

* INTERNET (last retrieved in 2009-06)
Website of the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality. Pest Report - Tuta absoluta Povolny (Gelechiidae) – tomato leaf miner - in tomato fruit greenhouse in The Netherlands.
http://www.minlnv.nl/cdlpub/servlet/CDLServlet?p_file_id=38924

* Plantenziektenkundige Dienst. (2009) Gewasbescherming 40 (2), 98.
------- First recorded January 2009 in a tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) packing station on fruits originating from Spain.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Belgium Present, restricted distribution view...
Germany Transient view...