Annex
Information: Pest risk management measures for pests of avocados from Chile
Effective 3 April 2020 to 13 October 2021Pest |
Common name |
Agreed Measures |
Fruit flies | ||
Ceratitis capitata |
Mediterranean fruit fly |
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Mealybugs | ||
Pseudococcus maritimus |
Grape mealybug |
Consignment freedom verified by pre-export visual inspection and remedial action if live pests are found (a) |
Thrips |
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Frankliniella australis |
Chilean flower thrips |
Consignment freedom verified by pre-export visual inspection and remedial action if live pests are found (a) |
Frankliniella gemina |
Tamarugo thrips | |
Frankliniella occidentalis (NT only, RA) |
Western flower thrips | |
Oligonychus spider mites | ||
Oligonychus punicae |
Avocado brown mite |
Consignment freedom verified by pre-export visual inspection and remedial action if live pests are found (a) |
Oligonychus yothersi |
Avocado red mite | |
(a) Remedial action includes either treatment of the consignment using an approved treatment to ensure that the pest is no longer viable or withdrawing the consignment from export to Australia.
NT: Pest of biosecurity concern for the Northern Territory
RA: A regulated article is defined by the IPPC as ‘Any plant, plant product, storage place, packaging, conveyance, container, soil and any other organism, object or material capable of harbouring or spreading pests, deemed to require phytosanitary measures, particularly where international transportation is involved’ (FAO 2019b).