EPPO Global Database

Daktulosphaira vitifoliae(VITEVI)

Distribution details in Australia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2008: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1884
From CABI Pest map 339 (1975): Present, no details
From NPPO: Present, restricted distribution
Comments
From country itself (1992): present since about 1884. Restricted distribution in Victoria, present in New South Wales.
Absent from South Australia, Queensland (eradicated in 1972), Western Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territory or the Australian Capital Territory.
References
* Buchanan GA, Whiting JR (1991) Australian & New Zealand Wine Industry Journal 6 (3), 223-227, 230.

* NPPO of Australia (1992)

* Country situation confirmed by P. Hackworth, Phylloxera & Grape Industry Board of South Australia (2008-05).