Spodoptera litura(PRODLI)
Distribution details in United Kingdom
Pest status declared by NPPO: Absent, pest eradicated (2019-03)
EPPO Reporting Service (2010/126) : another outbreak was detected in January 2010 in the South of England. The pest was found on pot plants of Begonia grown in a glasshouse. Under eradication.
In March 2019, the NPPO confirmed that the pest has been successfully eradicated.
* Aitkenhead, P.; Baker, C. R. B.; Chickera, G. W. D. de (1974) An outbreak of Spodoptera litura, a new pest under glass in Britain. Plant Pathology 23 (3), 117-118.
------- Found in a glasshouse and eradicated. Probably imported with aquatic plants from Singapore.
* IPPC website. Official Pest Reports – United Kingdom. Spodoptera litura (2010-02-09). https://www.ippc.int/index.php
* NPPO of the UK (2010-02, 2019-03).
------- Found in a glasshouse and eradicated. Probably imported with aquatic plants from Singapore.
* IPPC website. Official Pest Reports – United Kingdom. Spodoptera litura (2010-02-09). https://www.ippc.int/index.php
* NPPO of the UK (2010-02, 2019-03).