EPPO Global Database

Phyllocnistis citrella(PHYNCI)

Distribution details in Chile

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1998
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present: subject to official control (2010)
From CABI Pest map 274 (2003): Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (99/168)

From NPPO (IPPC website, 2010): first found in March 1998. It occurs only in the Region XV of Arica y Parinacota (and more specifically in the province of Arica).

From NPPO (2023): also found in Regiones de Antofagasta. Under official control.
References
* IPPC website. Official Pest Reports – Chile. Actualización de la vigilancia de Phyllocnistis citrella (2010-09-23). https://www.ippc.int/index.php

* Review of Agricultural Entomology, 87(11), p 1428 (10680)

* SAG (2023) Resolución Exenta N° 451/2023. Establece en el orden sanitario programa de acciones fitosanitarias inmediatas de emergencia para el control de la plaga Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton en la Región de Tarapacá. https://www.sag.gob.cl/sites/default/files/Res%20451-2023%20Medidas%20Emergenciales%20IQQ.pdf

* Vargas, H. A.; Vargas, H. E.; Bobadilla, D. E.; Morales, A. A.; Mendoza, R. E. (2001) IDESIA 19 (1/2), 39-42.

* Vargas O., H.; Bobadilla, D.; Jimenez R., M.; Vargas C., H. (1999) IDESIA 16, 23-27.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Argentina Present, no details view...
Peru Present, no details view...