Spodoptera frugiperda (Fall armyworm)
- Publication Date
- Tue, 17 May 2022, 08:33
- Last Updated
- May 17, 2022, 9:27 p.m.
- Report Number
- NZL-12/2
- Country
- New Zealand
- Pest Id
- Spodoptera frugiperda - (LAPHFR)
- Report Status
- Preliminary
- Hosts
- Multiple hosts but favoured hosts include Zea mays, sugar cane, sorghum
- Pest Status (ISPM 8 - 2021)
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- Present: transient
- Geographical Distribution
- Localised distribution, under assessment
- Summary
Pest initially collected as an egg mass in the Bay of Plenty and identified as FAW by the Plant Health and Environment Laboratory on 24 March 2022. Subsequently caterpillars have been detected on volunteer Zea mays plants in Waikato, Auckland, Taranaki and Gisborne regions from 11 April 2022.
- Danger
- Significant pest of several crops including Zea mays.
- Contact for info
- New Zealand IPPC Contact Point: [email protected]; [email protected]
- Report files
- Website
- Issue keywords
- Pest reporting
- Commodity keywords
- Sweet corn -Zea Mays var. Saccharata-, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid (excl. frozen)