EPPO Global Database

Hemitarsonemus ganeo(HEMTGA)

Distribution details in Netherlands

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2016: Present, widespread
First recorded in: 2016
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, in all parts of the Member State concerned (2016-09)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2016/054) : first found 1 greenhouse in the municipality of Uithoorn on Platycerium alcicorne (initially identified as H. tepidariorum). Then also detected on several ferns growing outdoors in public green and forests near Ede and Wageningen (approximately 100 km away from the first finding site).
References
* NPPO of the Netherlands (2016-09).