EPPO Global Database

Gonipterus scutellatus species complex(GONPSC)

Distribution details in Kenya

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2020: Present, no details
From CABI Pest map 344 (2010): Present, no details
Comments
Since the introduction of the egg parasite Anaphes nitens in 1945, only mininal and sporadic outbreaks have been observed in Kenya (Mutitu et al., 2008).
References
* Browne FG (1968) Pests and diseases of forest plantation trees. An annotated list of the principal species occurring in the British Commonwealth, 309. Clarendon Press, Oxford, UK.

* Cotterell GS (1963) The more important insect pests of limited distribution in Africa which attack economic plants, and their world distribution, Document IAPSC (63) 3, 15. IAPSC, London, UK.

* Le Pelley RH (1959) Agricultural Insects of East Africa, 8. East Africa High Commission, Nairobi, Kenya.

* Mutitu KE, Mwangi L, Otieno B, Minjire M (2008) Pests and diseases associated with Eucalyptus in Kenya. Research Note no. 7 of June 2008. Kenya Forestry Research Institute, 14 pp.

* NHM (1956) [Eldalat].

* Schröder ML, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Hurley BP (2020) Invasion history and management of Eucalyptus snout beetles in the Gonipterus scutellatus species complex. Journal of Pest Science 93(1), 11-25.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Tanzania Present, no details view...
Uganda Present, no details view...