Oak Processionary moth

 

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Fecha de publicación

Vie, 06 May 2022, 15:15

Última actualización

Mayo 6, 2022, 3:15 p.m.

Número del informe

GBR-04/3

País

United Kingdom

Plaga identificada

Thaumetopoea processionea - (THAUPR)

Estado del informe

Final

Hospederos

Oak trees

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

Distribución geográfica

Several locations in the south-east of England

Resumen

The Forestry Commission, working with Defra, London Health Protection Agencies, Ealing and Richmond Councils and Kew Gardens has formed an Outbreak Management Team and implemented an agreed Action Plan. The aim of the action plan is to eradicate the moth by determining the extent of the infestation through intensive surveys and destruction of nests prior to adult emergence. This is being complemented by a programme of pheromone trapping across London to determine whether the moth has spread. The infestation in south-west London is now considered impossible to eradicate and so has moved to containment. Another outbreak in south-east London is being tackled with a few to eradication - nearly 2000 nests have been destroyed. Another outbreak in Berkshire is thought to be close to eradication. In May 2013 the government announced an attempt to eradicate the moth in some areas - see attached press notice.

Peligro

For information

Contacto para obtener más información

John Morgan Head of Plant Health, Forestry Commission UK [email protected]

Archivos de informes

Sitio web

http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/infd-74ce39

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-project-launched-to-protect-oak-trees-from-harmful-caterpillar

Palabras claves del tema

Environmental impact Pest reporting

Palabras clave del producto

Live plants incl. their roots, cuttings and slips; mushroom spawn (excl. bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, and chicory plants and roots)