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Guideline: Pest risk management measures for quarantine pests of mangoes from India

Effective 6 September 2022 to 11 May 2023

Pests

Common Name

Measure

Fruit flies

Bactrocera carambolae

Carambola fruit fly

Irradiation at minimum 150 Gy

OR

Vapour heat treatment (fruit pulp temperature) at either 46.5°C for 30 minutes or 47.5°C for 20 minutes for all mango cultivars from India

Bactrocera caryeae

Bactrocera correcta

Guava fruit fly

Bactrocera dorsalis

Oriental fruit fly

Bactrocera zonata

Peach fruit fly

Beetles

Sternochetus frigidus (syn. S. gravis)

Mango pulp weevil

Irradiation at a minimum of 165 Gy

OR

Pest Free Place of Production

Sternochetus mangiferae (WA)

Mango seed weevil

Irradiation at minimum 300 Gy

OR

Pest Free Place of Production

Moths

Deanolis sublimbalis

Red-banded mango caterpillar

Irradiation at minimum 400 Gy

Mealybugs

Dysmicoccus neobrevipes

Grey pineapple mealybug

Irradiation at minimum 400 Gy

OR

Visual inspection and, if found, remedial action

Ferrisia malvastra (WA)

Malyastrum mealybug

Formicococcus robustus

Mealybug

Paracoccus interceptus

Intercepted mealybug

Paracoccus marginatus

Papaya mealybug

Planococcus lilacinus

Coffee mealybug

Planococcus minor (WA)

Pacific mealybug

Pseudococcus cryptus

Citriculus mealybug

Pseudococcus jackbeardsleyi

Jack Beardsley mealybug

Rastrococcus iceryoides

Downey snowline mealybug

Rastrococcus invadens

Mango mealybug

Rastrococcus spinosus

Philippine mango mealybug