EPPO Global Database

Ripersiella hibisci(RHIOHI)

Distribution details in Slovakia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2025: Absent, confirmed by survey
Pest status declared by NPPO: Absent: confirmed by survey (2025-07)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2021/151) : found during tracing-forward studies on Rhapis excelsa imported from an infested nursery in Italy. All plants were destroyed and the pest is now considered eradicated.

NPPO (2025): Absence confirmed by official surveys conducted in 2024.
References
* NPPO of Slovakia (2021-07, 2025-07).