EPPO Global Database

Bactericera cockerelli(PARZCO)

Distribution details in Portugal

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2025: Absent, unreliable record
References
* dos Santos Marques C (2025) Influência do declínio amarelo das Apiáceas sobre diferentes variedades de cenoura. Dissertação para obtenção de grau Mestre em Engenharia Agronómica. Instituto Politécnico de Santarém.
------- This student works states that Bactericera cockerelli was trapped during field trials on carrots in Portugal. However the identification was not confirmed by a specialist of Bactericera species and carrot is not a host plant of B. cockerelli. This is probably a misindentification with another Bactericera species (e.g. Bactericera nigricornis).