EPPO Global Database

Lecanosticta acicola(SCIRAC)

Distribution details in Romania

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2017
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, only in some parts of the Member State concerned, under eradication (2017-10)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2018/212) : first found in September 2017 in a forest area in the county of Vancea. Under eradication.
References
* Tubby K, Adamčikova K, Adamson K, Akiba M, Barnes I, Boroń P, Bragança H, Bulgakov T, Burgdorf N, Capretti P, Cech T et al. (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) and associated map http://www.portalofforestpathology.com
------- Consider that this record is based on morphological characteristics only and has not been confirmed by molecular methods.

* NPPO of Romania (2017-10).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Bulgaria Present, restricted distribution view...
Serbia Absent, unreliable record view...
Ukraine Present, no details view...