Pest categorisation of Dendrolimus sibiricus
Abstract The Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of the Siberian moth, Dendrolimus sibiricus Tschetverikov (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae). D. sibiricus is a well‐defined and distinguishable species, native to Asian Russia and northern regions of Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China and North...
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| author | EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH) Michael Jeger Claude Bragard David Caffier Thierry Candresse Elisavet Chatzivassiliou Katharina Dehnen‐Schmutz Gianni Gilioli Josep Anton Jaques Miret Alan MacLeod Maria Navajas Navarro Björn Niere Stephen Parnell Roel Potting Trond Rafoss Vittorio Rossi Gregor Urek Ariena Van Bruggen Wopke Van der Werf Jonathan West Stephan Winter Natalia Kirichenko Virág Kertész Jean‐Claude Grégoire |
| author_facet | EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH) Michael Jeger Claude Bragard David Caffier Thierry Candresse Elisavet Chatzivassiliou Katharina Dehnen‐Schmutz Gianni Gilioli Josep Anton Jaques Miret Alan MacLeod Maria Navajas Navarro Björn Niere Stephen Parnell Roel Potting Trond Rafoss Vittorio Rossi Gregor Urek Ariena Van Bruggen Wopke Van der Werf Jonathan West Stephan Winter Natalia Kirichenko Virág Kertész Jean‐Claude Grégoire |
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| description | Abstract The Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of the Siberian moth, Dendrolimus sibiricus Tschetverikov (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae). D. sibiricus is a well‐defined and distinguishable species, native to Asian Russia and northern regions of Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China and North Korea, and recognised as a severe pest of Pinaceae conifers, mainly larch (Larix spp.), fir (Abies spp.), spruce (Picea spp.), five‐needle pines (Pinus spp.). It has also a potential to develop on non‐native Pinaceae: Cedrus, Pseudotsuga, Tsuga. It defoliates healthy trees and kills thousands of hectares of forests. It is absent from the EU and is listed as a quarantine pest in Annex IAI of Directive 2000/29/EC. Plants for planting, branches of conifers and non‐squared wood from its distribution range are considered as pathways for the pest, which can also disperse by flight over tens of kilometres. The females produce sex pheromones. Adults do not feed and can survive for about 2 weeks. One female lays up to 400 eggs, attaching them to needles. One generation usually develops in 2–3 years, with larvae passing winter diapause and some undergoing facultative summer diapause. Exceptionally, 1‐year generations may occur if the number of degree‐days above 10°C is higher than 2,200. Larvae feed on needles through 5–6 instars and pupate in a cocoon on tree branches. Mature larvae have urticating setae on thoracic segments that protect them from enemies and may cause allergic reactions in humans and animals. The contradictory studies regarding the climatic requirements of D. sibiricus make the issue of its establishment in most of the EU territory uncertain, although its host trees are widely present. All criteria for considering D. sibiricus as a potential quarantine pest are met. The species is presently absent from the EU, and thus, the criteria for consideration as a potential regulated non‐quarantine pest are not met. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b3e5e1aae1484153869870d37cfc547b2022-12-21T22:46:34ZengWileyEFSA Journal1831-47322018-06-01166n/an/a10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5301Pest categorisation of Dendrolimus sibiricusEFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH)Michael JegerClaude BragardDavid CaffierThierry CandresseElisavet ChatzivassiliouKatharina Dehnen‐SchmutzGianni GilioliJosep Anton Jaques MiretAlan MacLeodMaria Navajas NavarroBjörn NiereStephen ParnellRoel PottingTrond RafossVittorio RossiGregor UrekAriena Van BruggenWopke Van der WerfJonathan WestStephan WinterNatalia KirichenkoVirág KertészJean‐Claude GrégoireAbstract The Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of the Siberian moth, Dendrolimus sibiricus Tschetverikov (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae). D. sibiricus is a well‐defined and distinguishable species, native to Asian Russia and northern regions of Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China and North Korea, and recognised as a severe pest of Pinaceae conifers, mainly larch (Larix spp.), fir (Abies spp.), spruce (Picea spp.), five‐needle pines (Pinus spp.). It has also a potential to develop on non‐native Pinaceae: Cedrus, Pseudotsuga, Tsuga. It defoliates healthy trees and kills thousands of hectares of forests. It is absent from the EU and is listed as a quarantine pest in Annex IAI of Directive 2000/29/EC. Plants for planting, branches of conifers and non‐squared wood from its distribution range are considered as pathways for the pest, which can also disperse by flight over tens of kilometres. The females produce sex pheromones. Adults do not feed and can survive for about 2 weeks. One female lays up to 400 eggs, attaching them to needles. One generation usually develops in 2–3 years, with larvae passing winter diapause and some undergoing facultative summer diapause. Exceptionally, 1‐year generations may occur if the number of degree‐days above 10°C is higher than 2,200. Larvae feed on needles through 5–6 instars and pupate in a cocoon on tree branches. Mature larvae have urticating setae on thoracic segments that protect them from enemies and may cause allergic reactions in humans and animals. The contradictory studies regarding the climatic requirements of D. sibiricus make the issue of its establishment in most of the EU territory uncertain, although its host trees are widely present. All criteria for considering D. sibiricus as a potential quarantine pest are met. The species is presently absent from the EU, and thus, the criteria for consideration as a potential regulated non‐quarantine pest are not met.https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5301LasiocampidaeSiberian mothEuropean Unionpest riskplant healthplant pest |
| spellingShingle | EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH) Michael Jeger Claude Bragard David Caffier Thierry Candresse Elisavet Chatzivassiliou Katharina Dehnen‐Schmutz Gianni Gilioli Josep Anton Jaques Miret Alan MacLeod Maria Navajas Navarro Björn Niere Stephen Parnell Roel Potting Trond Rafoss Vittorio Rossi Gregor Urek Ariena Van Bruggen Wopke Van der Werf Jonathan West Stephan Winter Natalia Kirichenko Virág Kertész Jean‐Claude Grégoire Pest categorisation of Dendrolimus sibiricus EFSA Journal Lasiocampidae Siberian moth European Union pest risk plant health plant pest |
| title | Pest categorisation of Dendrolimus sibiricus |
| title_full | Pest categorisation of Dendrolimus sibiricus |
| title_fullStr | Pest categorisation of Dendrolimus sibiricus |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pest categorisation of Dendrolimus sibiricus |
| title_short | Pest categorisation of Dendrolimus sibiricus |
| title_sort | pest categorisation of dendrolimus sibiricus |
| topic | Lasiocampidae Siberian moth European Union pest risk plant health plant pest |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5301 |
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