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  • Emerging plant health threats

    Topics:
    • Plant and Tree Health, 
    • Forestry, 
    • Pests and diseases

    The following is a list of potential pest and disease threats which could become a problem if established in Northern Ireland.

    July 2019

    • Oak Precessionary Moth (Thaumetopoea processionea)
    • Spotted lantern fly (Lycorma delicatula)

    March 2019

    • Takahashia japonica - Cotton stringy scale insect

    November 2018

    • Bemisia tabaci - Risk to Poinsettia

    October 2018

    • Olive trees, risk to trade from Xylella fastidiosa

    September 2018

    • Corythucha arcuata - Pest Alert

    August 2018

    • Xylella fastidiosa - Consumer info

    February 2018

    • Aromia bungii (red necked longhorn beetle) - Pest Alert
    • Rhagoletis pomonella (apple maggot fly) - Pest Alert
    • Pests associated with growing media - Fact Sheet

    February 2017

    • Zebra chip disease of potato - Pest alert
    • Bemisia tabaci (Tobacco whitefly) - Fact sheet

    October 2016

    • Root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne fallax) in turfgrass - Biosecurity guidance
    • Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (Bacterial spot and canker of Prunus) - Fact sheet
    • Pomaceae spp. (Water snails/ apple snails) - Fact sheet
    • Toumeyella parvicornis (Pine tortoise scale) - Fact sheet

    July 2016

    • Popillia japonica (Japanese beetle) - Fact sheet
    • Thrips palmi (Melon thrips) - Fact sheet
    • Thaumatotibia leucotreta (False codling moth) - Pest alert
    • Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Colorado beetle) - Fact sheet

    May 2016

    • Anaplophora chinensis (Citrus longhorn beetle) - Fact sheet

    March 2016

    • Epitrix (Potato flea beetle) – Pest alert
    • Epitrix (Potato flea beetle) - Fact sheet
    • Ovachlamys fulgens (Jumping snail) – Pest alert
    • Paysandisia archon (Palm Borer) – Fact sheet

    January 2016

    • Dryocosmus kuriphilus (Chestnut gall wasp) – Pest alert
    • Ralstonia solanacearum (race 1) – Pest alert
    • Strauzia longipennis (Sunflower maggot) - Fact sheet
    • Halyomorpha halys (Stink bug) – Fact sheet
    • Phenacoccus peruvianus (Mealy bug) – Fact sheet

    October 2015

    • Bemisia tabaci (Tobacco whitefly) - Pest alert
    • Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Colorado beetle) - Pest alert
    • Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum (Zebra chip) - Pest alert
    • Diaphania spp (Cucurbit moths) - Fact sheet
    • Meloidogyne minor (Root rot nematode) – Fact sheet
    • Paropsisterna selmani - (Tasmanian eucalyptus beetle) – Fact sheet
    • Trichoferus campestris (Mulberry longhorn beetle) – Fact sheet
    • Platynota stultana (Omnivorous leaf roller) – Fact sheet
    • Candidatus phytoplasma fragariae (on hazel) – Pest alert

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