EPPO Global Database

Bactericera cockerelli(PARZCO)

Distribution details in Australia (Western Australia)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2020: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2017
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2017/034) : first found in February 2017 in several private gardens and a commercial vegetable crop near Perth. Under eradication.

In June 2018, the Department of Primary Industries of Western Australia considered that the pest could not be eradicated. A national plan to manage the pest has been set up.
References
* INTERNET
- IPPC website. Official Pest Reports – Australia (AUS-78/1 of 2017-02-16)
Detection of Bactericera cockerelli (Tomato-potato psyllid) in Western Australia. https://www.ippc.int/en/countries/australia/pestreports/2017/02/detection-of-bactericera-cockerelli-tomato-potato-psyllid-in-western-australia/
- Government of Western Australia. Department of Agriculture and Food (2018-06-18) Tomato potato psyllid (TPP). https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/tpp
- Government of Western Australia. Department of Agriculture and Food (2020-04-14) TPP Quarantine Area. https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/tpp/tpp-quarantine-area

* Sarkar SC, Hatt S, Philips A, Akter M, Milroy SP, Xu W (2023) Tomato potato psyllid Bactericera cockerelli (Hemiptera: Triozidae) in Australia: Incursion, potential impact and opportunities for biological control. Insects 14(3), 263. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14030263
-------- Still limited to Western Australia, not found in other states.