Review article

https://doi.org/10.31727/gzb.48.4.5

Harmful dipterans pests (Diptera) of EPPO “Alert” list

Ivan Juran orcid.org/0000-0002-7332-4108 ; Zavod za poljoprivrednu zoologiju, Agronomski fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska *
Maja Mesić ; Agronomski fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Tanja Gotlin Čuljak ; Zavod za poljoprivrednu zoologiju, Agronomski fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Dinka Grubišić ; Zavod za poljoprivrednu zoologiju, Agronomski fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Maja Čačija orcid.org/0000-0001-9841-2721 ; Zavod za poljoprivrednu zoologiju, Agronomski fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska

* Corresponding author.

Abstract

The first line of defence against the introduction of new harmful species of agricultural crops in a given geographical area is plant quarantine, which involves a series of management measures. The lists of quarantined species are contained in the regulations of the European Union and the Republic of Croatia, and the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO) establishes and maintains an “Alert” list within its organization, which provides guidelines for the rapid identification, monitoring and control of the movement of harmful organisms threatening to enter European territory in order to reduce economic and environmental losses to the lowest possible level. New potentially invasive species are constantly added to the “Alert” list, and if individual harmful organisms spread and become domesticated, they are removed from the list. The paper describes the dipteran species currently on the EPPOs “Alert” list, with a particular focus on morphology, life
cycles, symptoms and damage, phytosanitary risks and control options.

Keywords

invasive dipterans, EPPO, Atherigona orientalis, Atherigona reversura, Resseliella citrifrugis

Hrčak ID:

333907

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/333907

Publication date:

22.7.2025.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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