EPPO Global Database

Spodoptera frugiperda(LAPHFR)

Distribution details in Vanuatu

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2024: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2023
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present: at low prevalence (2024-01)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2024/027) : first detected in June 2023. only present on Efate and offshore Islands and not elsewhere in Vanuatu.
References
* IPPC website. Official Pest Reports- Vanuatu (2024-01-17): Fall Army Worm (Spodoptera frugiperda). https://www.ippc.int/fr/countries/vanuatu/pestreports/2024/01/fall-army-worm-spodoptera-frugiperda/