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List: Pest risk management measures for quarantine pests of citrus from Egypt

Effective 1 November 2023 to 20 November 2023

Pest

Common name

Measures

Arthropods

Fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

  • Production measures.
  • Cold treatment (in-transit) subject to the following schedule:
    1.67°C or below for 18 consecutive days.

Ceratitis capitata

Mediterranean fruit fly

Bactrocera zonata

Peach fruit fly

Moths (Lepidoptera)

  • Production measures to limit the development and spread of pests:

    • pre-harvest treatment; and
    • post-harvest treatment; and
    • handling management systems.

  • Measures to verify efficacy of production measures:

    • pre-export inspection and remedial action if required.

Cryptoblabes gnidiella

Citrus pyralid

Euzopherodes vapidella

Citrus stub moth

Prays citri

Citrus bossom moth

Stathmopoda auriferella

Apple heliodinid

Armoured scale (Hemiptera: Diaspididae)

Parlatoria ziziphi

Black parlatoria scale

Aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

Aphis fabae

Black bean aphid

Whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)

Aleurothrixus floccosus

Woolly whitefly

Parabemisia myricae

Bayberry whitefly

Mites (Acarina)

Phyllocoptruta citri

Eriophyid rust mite

Tarsonemus bilobatus

Tarsonemid mite

Tuckerella nilotica

Ornate false spider mite

Pathogens

Phoma tracheiphila 

Mal secco

  • Area freedom

Xanthomonas campestris pv. citri (synonym Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citric)

Citrus canker

  • Area freedom