Pest categorisation of Sternochetus mangiferae
Abstract The European Commission requested EFSA to conduct a pest categorisation of Sternochetus mangiferae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a monophagous pest weevil whose larvae exclusively feed on mango seeds, whereas adults feed on mango foliage. S. mangiferae is a species with reliable methods avai...
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| author | EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH) Claude Bragard Katharina Dehnen‐Schmutz Francesco Di Serio Paolo Gonthier Marie‐Agnès Jacques Josep Anton Jaques Miret Annemarie Fejer Justesen Christer Sven Magnusson Panagiotis Milonas Juan A Navas‐Cortes Stephen Parnell Roel Potting Philippe Lucien Reignault Hans‐Hermann Thulke Wopke Van der Werf Antonio Vicent Civera Jonathan Yuen Lucia Zappalà Ewelina Czwienczek Alan MacLeod |
| author_facet | EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH) Claude Bragard Katharina Dehnen‐Schmutz Francesco Di Serio Paolo Gonthier Marie‐Agnès Jacques Josep Anton Jaques Miret Annemarie Fejer Justesen Christer Sven Magnusson Panagiotis Milonas Juan A Navas‐Cortes Stephen Parnell Roel Potting Philippe Lucien Reignault Hans‐Hermann Thulke Wopke Van der Werf Antonio Vicent Civera Jonathan Yuen Lucia Zappalà Ewelina Czwienczek Alan MacLeod |
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| description | Abstract The European Commission requested EFSA to conduct a pest categorisation of Sternochetus mangiferae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a monophagous pest weevil whose larvae exclusively feed on mango seeds, whereas adults feed on mango foliage. S. mangiferae is a species with reliable methods available for identification. It is regulated in the EU by Council Directive 2000/29/EC where it is listed in Annex IIB as a harmful organism whose introduction into EU Protected Zones (PZ) (Alentejo, Algarve and Madeira in Portugal, and Granada and Malaga in Spain) is banned. S. mangiferae is native to South East Asia and has spread to other mango‐growing areas in Africa, South America and Oceania, causing significant damage. Larvae of S. mangiferae have been detected several times in mango fruit imported into the EU. In 2013, an outbreak was declared in one PZ in Spain. Official measures taken achieved eradication, which was officially declared in January 2018. The EFSA Plant Health Panel concludes that S. mangiferae could establish again and spread in the mango‐growing areas of southern EU. Considering the criteria within the remit of EFSA to assess the status as a potential Union quarantine pest (QP), as a potential protected zone quarantine pest (PZQP) or as a potential regulated non‐quarantine pest (RNQP), S. mangiferae meets with no uncertainties the criteria for consideration as a potential Union QP, as it is absent from the EU, potential pathways for entry exist, and its establishment would cause an economic impact. The criterion of the pest being present in the EU, which is a prerequisite for RNQP and PZ QP, is not met. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-21e131d66ee1475fbe314444fb112d6a2022-12-21T18:36:45ZengWileyEFSA Journal1831-47322018-10-011610n/an/a10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5439Pest categorisation of Sternochetus mangiferaeEFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH)Claude BragardKatharina Dehnen‐SchmutzFrancesco Di SerioPaolo GonthierMarie‐Agnès JacquesJosep Anton Jaques MiretAnnemarie Fejer JustesenChrister Sven MagnussonPanagiotis MilonasJuan A Navas‐CortesStephen ParnellRoel PottingPhilippe Lucien ReignaultHans‐Hermann ThulkeWopke Van der WerfAntonio Vicent CiveraJonathan YuenLucia ZappalàEwelina CzwienczekAlan MacLeodAbstract The European Commission requested EFSA to conduct a pest categorisation of Sternochetus mangiferae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a monophagous pest weevil whose larvae exclusively feed on mango seeds, whereas adults feed on mango foliage. S. mangiferae is a species with reliable methods available for identification. It is regulated in the EU by Council Directive 2000/29/EC where it is listed in Annex IIB as a harmful organism whose introduction into EU Protected Zones (PZ) (Alentejo, Algarve and Madeira in Portugal, and Granada and Malaga in Spain) is banned. S. mangiferae is native to South East Asia and has spread to other mango‐growing areas in Africa, South America and Oceania, causing significant damage. Larvae of S. mangiferae have been detected several times in mango fruit imported into the EU. In 2013, an outbreak was declared in one PZ in Spain. Official measures taken achieved eradication, which was officially declared in January 2018. The EFSA Plant Health Panel concludes that S. mangiferae could establish again and spread in the mango‐growing areas of southern EU. Considering the criteria within the remit of EFSA to assess the status as a potential Union quarantine pest (QP), as a potential protected zone quarantine pest (PZQP) or as a potential regulated non‐quarantine pest (RNQP), S. mangiferae meets with no uncertainties the criteria for consideration as a potential Union QP, as it is absent from the EU, potential pathways for entry exist, and its establishment would cause an economic impact. The criterion of the pest being present in the EU, which is a prerequisite for RNQP and PZ QP, is not met.https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5439European Unionpest riskplant healthplant pestquarantinemango |
| spellingShingle | EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH) Claude Bragard Katharina Dehnen‐Schmutz Francesco Di Serio Paolo Gonthier Marie‐Agnès Jacques Josep Anton Jaques Miret Annemarie Fejer Justesen Christer Sven Magnusson Panagiotis Milonas Juan A Navas‐Cortes Stephen Parnell Roel Potting Philippe Lucien Reignault Hans‐Hermann Thulke Wopke Van der Werf Antonio Vicent Civera Jonathan Yuen Lucia Zappalà Ewelina Czwienczek Alan MacLeod Pest categorisation of Sternochetus mangiferae EFSA Journal European Union pest risk plant health plant pest quarantine mango |
| title | Pest categorisation of Sternochetus mangiferae |
| title_full | Pest categorisation of Sternochetus mangiferae |
| title_fullStr | Pest categorisation of Sternochetus mangiferae |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pest categorisation of Sternochetus mangiferae |
| title_short | Pest categorisation of Sternochetus mangiferae |
| title_sort | pest categorisation of sternochetus mangiferae |
| topic | European Union pest risk plant health plant pest quarantine mango |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5439 |
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