Spodoptera frugiperda(LAPHFR)
Distribution details in Bulgaria
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2025: Absent, confirmed by survey
First recorded in: 2023
Pest status declared by NPPO: Absent, the entire country is pest free (2025-02).
First recorded in: 2023
Pest status declared by NPPO: Absent, the entire country is pest free (2025-02).
EPPO Reporting Service (2025/030) : intensified surveys in 2023 and 2024 following a report of S. frugiperda did not find the pest in the country. Therefore the pest status is officially declared as: Absent, the entire country is pest free.
* NPPO of Bulgaria (2025-02).
* Szanyi S, Barta M, Velchev D, Beshkov S, Mumford S, Todorov I, Nagy A, Varga Z, Tóth M, Toshova T (2025) First report of a migratory pest, the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith, 1797)(Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) from Bulgaria. Insects 16(2), 134. https://doi.org/10.3390/ insects16020134
* Szanyi S, Barta M, Velchev D, Beshkov S, Mumford S, Todorov I, Nagy A, Varga Z, Tóth M, Toshova T (2025) First report of a migratory pest, the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith, 1797)(Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) from Bulgaria. Insects 16(2), 134. https://doi.org/10.3390/ insects16020134
| Country | State | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | Present, few occurrences | ||
| Greece | Kriti | Present, no details | |
| Romania | Transient | ||
| Türkiye | Present, restricted distribution |