Emerging plant health threats
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The following is a list of potential pest and disease threats which could become a problem if established in Northern Ireland.
July 2019
March 2019
November 2018
October 2018
September 2018
August 2018
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
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
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