EPPO Global Database

'Candidatus Phytoplasma phoenicium'(PHYPPH)

Distribution details in Italy (Sicilia)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2017: Absent, invalid record
References
* EPPO (2017) Pest risk analysis for ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma phoenicium’. EPPO, Paris. https://pra.eppo.int/pra/3dc3b492-546f-4ae8-952a-10f02a0fdf8f

* Rizza, S, Pesce, A, D’Urso V, Raciti E, Marzachi C, Tessitori M (2016) ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris’ (16SrI) by Osbornellus horvathi (Matsumura 1908) co-infected with 'Ca. Phytoplasma phoenicium' (16SrIX). Phytoparasitica 44, 491-500.
------- Reports a detection in Osbornellus horvathi (Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae) in Sicily in 2012, but strains belonged to subgroup 16SrIX-E ('Ca. P. phoenicium' belongs to subgroup 16SrIX-B).