EPPO Global Database

Rhagoletis mendax(RHAGME)

Distribution details in Canada

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Present, restricted distribution
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present (only in some areas) and subject to official control (2015-11)
From CABI Pest map 577 (1997): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2000/022) : subject to eradication programme.

An update of the regulated areas in Canada was provided on the NAPPO Pest Alert System in 2010 and updated in 2015 (IPPC). Alls areas in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island are regulated. Only some areas are regulated in Ontario and Québec.

From Yee et al. (2014): present in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Prince Edward Island. Only small and isolated populations have been found in Southwestern Ontario and Southwestern Quebec.
References
* Blangez, B. (1989) Summary of plant quarantine pests and disease situations in Canada - 1989, 106 pp. Plant Protection Division, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada.

* IPPC website. Official Pest Reports – Canada (CAN-46/1 2015-11-17) July 2015: Blueberry Maggot (Rhagoletis mendax Curran) - Expansion of Regulated Areas. https://www.ippc.int/index.php

* Jackson MD, Marshall SA, Hanner R, Norrbom AL (2011) The fruit flies (Tephritidae) of Ontario. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification No. 15, 251 pp. https://doi.org/10.3752/cjai.2011.15

* NAPPO Annual Meeting 1999-10-19/22, Cancún (MX).

* NAPPO Phytosanitary Pest Alert System. Official Pest Reports. Canada (2010-01-22) Blueberry Maggot (Rhagoletis mendax Curran) - Update of the Regulated Areas within Canada. http://www.pestalert.org/oprDetail_print.cfm?oprid=412

* Vincent C, Martel PO, Gagnon J, Morin O (2022) First record of blueberry maggot in Lac Saint-Jean, Quebec. Canadian Journal of Plant Science 102(4), 940-943.

* Yee WL, Ortiz VH, Rull J, Sinclair BJ, Neven LG (2014) Status of Rhagoletis (Diptera: Tephritidae) pests in the NAPPO countries. Journal of Economic Entomology 107(1), 11-28.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
United States of America Connecticut Present, no details view...
United States of America Maine Present, no details view...
United States of America Delaware Present, no details view...
United States of America Florida Present, no details view...
United States of America Illinois Present, no details view...
United States of America Kentucky Present, no details view...
United States of America Maryland Present, no details view...
United States of America Massachusetts Present, no details view...
United States of America Michigan Present, no details view...
United States of America Minnesota Present, no details view...
United States of America Missouri Present, no details view...
United States of America New Hampshire Present, no details view...
United States of America New Jersey Present, no details view...
United States of America West Virginia Present, no details view...
United States of America Virginia Present, no details view...
United States of America Wisconsin Present, no details view...
United States of America Alabama Present, no details view...
United States of America Georgia Present, no details view...
United States of America Present, restricted distribution view...
United States of America New York Present, no details view...
United States of America Ohio Present, no details view...
United States of America Pennsylvania Present, no details view...
United States of America Rhode Island Present, no details view...
United States of America South Carolina Present, no details view...
United States of America Tennessee Present, no details view...
United States of America North Carolina Present, restricted distribution view...