Report of Cylas formicarius in Trinidad and Tobago
- Date de publication
- lun, 16 Nov 2015, 17:02
- Dernière mise à jour effectuée le
- août 28, 2020, 5:16 matin
- Report Number
- TTO-09/8
- Pays
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Identité de l'organisme nuisible
- Cylas formicarius - (CYLAFO)
- Situation du signalement
- Préliminaire
- Hôtes
- Plants off ipomeoa family especially Ipomeoa batatas.
- Pest Status (old values from ISPM 8 -1998 )
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- Present: only in some areas
- Present: subject to official control
- Pest Status (ISPM 8 - 2021)
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- Present: not widely distributed and under official control
- Distribution géographique
- Present in 3 areas in the Caroni County.
- Résumé
Suspected specimens of Cylas formicarius were discovered in Trinidad on May 27, 2015 in the Caroni County, off Perseverance Road in Chaguanas. Official diagnosis was completed via the Caribbean Pest Diagnostic Network (CPDN) by Dr. Lyle Buss of the University of Florida June 1, 2015.
Surveillance activities using imported sex pheromones lures revealed a distribution limited to three areas within one county. Damage on infested farms were high.
An investigative team was convened and the following action was initiated :-
- Continued distribution mapping of infested sites
- Pheromone mass trapping exercise on the most affected farms
- Public Awareness exercises
- Pursuance of enactment of legislation for Notifiable Pest status
- Integrated Pest Management strategy being promoted.
- Danger
- Damage can range from 5 to 80%, which increases with the duration of unharvested storage roots. The pest is a major Invasive Alien Species (IAS) and is of high priority on the list for pests of plant quarantine importance.
The pest prevalence is high within the major sweet potato commercial farms.
- Contact pour demandes d'information
- Mr. Allan Balfour
Central Experiment Station
Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries
[email protected]
1-868- 646- 4335-7
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