Lecanosticta acicola(SCIRAC)
Distribution details in Finland
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2026: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2025
First recorded in: 2025
EPPO Reporting Service (2026/146) : first reported in Finland
* Terhonen E, Trifković M, Poimala A (2026) First record of brown spot needle blight (BSNB) caused by Lecanosticta acicola on Pinus mugo in Finland. Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection 133(3), 97 https://doi.org/10.1007/s41348-026-01293-4
------- first report
* Tubby K, Adamčikova K, Adamson K, Akiba M, Barnes I, Boroń P, Bragança H, Bulgakov T, Burgdorf N, Capretti P, Cech T, Clearz M, Davydenko K, Elvira-Recuenco M, Enderle R, Gardner J, Georgieva M, Ghelardini L, Husson C, Iturritxa E, Markovskaja S, Mesanza N, Ogris N, Oskay F, Piškur B, Queloz V, Raitelaitytė K, Raposo R, Soukainen M, Strasser L, Vahalík P, Vester M, Mullett M (2023) The increasing threat to European forests from the invasive foliar pine pathogen, Lecanosticta acicola. Forest Ecology and Management 536, 120847. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.120847
------- not detected during surveys.
------- first report
* Tubby K, Adamčikova K, Adamson K, Akiba M, Barnes I, Boroń P, Bragança H, Bulgakov T, Burgdorf N, Capretti P, Cech T, Clearz M, Davydenko K, Elvira-Recuenco M, Enderle R, Gardner J, Georgieva M, Ghelardini L, Husson C, Iturritxa E, Markovskaja S, Mesanza N, Ogris N, Oskay F, Piškur B, Queloz V, Raitelaitytė K, Raposo R, Soukainen M, Strasser L, Vahalík P, Vester M, Mullett M (2023) The increasing threat to European forests from the invasive foliar pine pathogen, Lecanosticta acicola. Forest Ecology and Management 536, 120847. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.120847
------- not detected during surveys.
| Country | State | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russian Federation | Central Russia | Present, restricted distribution | |
| Russian Federation | Southern Russia | Present, few occurrences | |
| Russian Federation | Far East | Absent, unreliable record | |
| Russian Federation | Present, few occurrences | ||
| Sweden | Absent, pest eradicated |