EPPO Global Database

Opogona sacchari(OPOGSC)

Distribution details in Italy

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2013: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1970s
From CABI Pest map 594 (1999): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
RS 487 of 1987-08-20: introduced in the 1970s, fairly widely established in glasshouses in the south.

References
* Carrai, C.; Loi, G. (1987) (Opogona sacchari, a lepidopteran pest of ornamentals) Informatore fitopatologico 37 (2), 28-32 (in Italian).

* NPPO of Italy (1987).

* Porcelli, F.; Parenzan, P. (1993) Informatore Fitopatologico 43 (12), 21-24.
------- Puglia.

* Rotundo, G.; Tremblay, E. (1982) Preliminary observations on the sex pheromone of Opogona sacchari (Bojer)(Lepidoptera Hieroxestidae). Bollettino del Laboratorio di Entomologia Agraria 'Filippo Silvestri' 39, 123-132.
------- Glasshouse only. Found on Bougainvillea belmoreana and Dracaena fragrans near Naples [under glass].

* Suss, L. (1974) Opogona sacchari (Bojer) (Lepidoptera, Lyonetiidae) nuovo fitofago di piante ornamentali in serra. Bollettino di Zoologia Agraria e di Bachicoltura 12, 1-28.
------- Glasshouse only.

* van der Gaag DJ, van der Straten M, Ramel JM, Baufeld P , Schrader G (2013) Pest Risk Analysis for Opogona sacchari. Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority. 48 pp. Available at https://pra.eppo.int/pra/2823b66f-ce73-48eb-8272-082124412092.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
France Present, few occurrences view...
Slovenia Absent, no pest record view...
Switzerland Present, restricted distribution view...