Phthorimaea operculella(PHTOOP)
Distribution details in Malta
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2022: Present, widespread
From CABI Pest map 010 (2012): Present, widespread
From CABI Pest map 010 (2012): Present, widespread
Confirmed by survey, according to FAO consultants' report in 1994.
* Karsholt, O.; Nieukerken, E. J. van (2011) Fauna Europaea: Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller 1873). Fauna Europaea version 2.4. http://www.faunaeur.org.
* Saliba, L. J. (1963) Insect pests of crop plants in the Maltese islands. Department of Information, Malta, 35 pp.
* Vella A, Mifsud CM, Magro D, Vella N (2022) DNA barcoding of Lepidoptera species from the Maltese Islands: New and additional records, with an insight into endemic diversity. Diversity 14, 1090. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14121090
* Saliba, L. J. (1963) Insect pests of crop plants in the Maltese islands. Department of Information, Malta, 35 pp.
* Vella A, Mifsud CM, Magro D, Vella N (2022) DNA barcoding of Lepidoptera species from the Maltese Islands: New and additional records, with an insight into endemic diversity. Diversity 14, 1090. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14121090