EPPO Global Database

Helicoverpa armigera(HELIAR)

Distribution details in Netherlands

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Present, few occurrences
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present: few occurrences (2023-07)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (1999/071) : intercepted in UK on pelargonium cuttings from Netherlands, so possibly transiently present there.

According to EPPO Conference in Pruhonice (1998), occurs occasionally and subject to eradication.

EPPO Reporting Service (2006/162) : single occurrence in a bean field. Crop destroyed.

EPPO Reporting Service (2012/072) : an incursion was detected in March 2012 on potted pelargoniums but the pest was sucessfully eradicated.

From NPPO (2022): few occurrences.
References
* NPPO of the Netherlands (2006-10, 2012-03, 2017-06, 2018-04, 2022-07, 2023-07).

* NPPO of the Netherlands - Pest status of harmful organisms in the Netherlands (Fytosignalering covering 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015).
------- Pest status based on long term annual surveys: 318 survey observations in 2012, 374 in 2013 which did not detect the pest.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Belgium Present, few occurrences view...
Germany Present, few occurrences view...