Harringtonia lauricola(RAFFLA)
Distribution details in United States of America (Louisiana)
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2015: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2014
First recorded in: 2014
EPPO Reporting Service (2016/070) : first found in 2014 together with its vector (Xyleborus glabratus) in Northern Louisiana (Lincoln, Clairborne and Union parishes) on Sassafras albidum.
* Fraedrich SW, Johnson JW, Menard RD, Harrington TC, Olatinwo R, Best GS (2015) First report of Xyleborus glabratus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) and laurel wilt in Louisiana, USA: the disease continues westward on sassafras. Florida Entomologist 98(4), 1266-1268.
* Olatinwo R, Hwang J, Johnson W (2021) First report of laurel wilt disease caused by Raffaelea lauricola on spicebush in Louisiana. Plant Disease 105(8), 2250.
------- on Lindera benzoin, a native bush. Laurel wilt disease confirmed in 14 parishes of Louisiana.
* Olatinwo R, Hwang J, Johnson W (2021) First report of laurel wilt disease caused by Raffaelea lauricola on spicebush in Louisiana. Plant Disease 105(8), 2250.
------- on Lindera benzoin, a native bush. Laurel wilt disease confirmed in 14 parishes of Louisiana.