Mango fruit borer established in the Greater Darwin Area of the Northern Territory

Publication Date

Thu, 03 Dec 2009, 00:00

Last Updated

June 30, 2015, 6 a.m.

Report Number

AUS-26/2

Country

Australia

Pest Id

Citripestis eutraphera - (CITPEU)

Report Status

Final

Hosts

Man, cashews

Pest Status (old values from ISPM 8 -1998 )

• Present: only in some areas

Pest Status (ISPM 8 - 2021)

• Present: not widely distributed and under official control

Geographical Distribution

Darwin area, Northern Territory

Summary

Mango fruit borer has been confirmed from a number of sites in the Darwin area of Northern Territory. It is considered not to be eradicable given its known distribution in Northern Territory. It is not known to occur in the other mango growing regions in the NT. Other mango growning regions of Australia are a great distance from the identified area.

Mango fruit borer attacks developing mango fruit and cashews. Damaged fruit are easily recognised and abort before maturity and would not reach packing process.

Danger

Mango fruit borer is established in the Greater Darwin Area of the Northern Territory.

Contact for info

Australian Chief Plant Protection Officer Australian Government Department of Agriculture, GPO Box 858 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia [email protected] [email protected]

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Issue keywords

Pest status:Present/Presence

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