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The #PestSurveyCard on #Meloidogyne enterolobii has been published.
Check out how to perform surveys for this root-knot nematode species🔍: link.europa.eu/T9PWCb

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April 9, 2026 at 6:21 AM
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📢New pest survey card: #Anthonomus bisignifer & A. signatus

👉Protect strawberries and other important crops from these pests. Strengthen your surveillance efforts with this resource.

🌱 #PlantHealth #PestSurveyCard #SurveillanceNetwork
Anthonomus bisignifer adult (Source: Pest and Diseases Image Library, Bugwood.org) Strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa Duchesne ex Rozier [chiloensis × virginiana]) cultivation (Source: Ko Ko Maung, Bugwood.org)
August 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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A guide has been published to support the use of two #PestSurveyCard on the non-EU Cicadomorpha vectors of #Xylella fastidiosa:

➡️ link.europa.eu/dhBkfm

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Surveys of non-EU Cicadomorpha vectors of Xylella fastidiosa
Updated 19 March 2026 (Version 1). Taxonomy: insects. Host plants: broadleaved trees, citrus, coniferous trees, grape, nuts, olive, ornamentals, stone fruits, other. Regulation: quarantine pests.
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April 20, 2026 at 8:59 AM
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#Atropellis is a genus of fungi comprising four species: A. apiculata, A. pinicola, A. piniphila and A. tingens, all EU #quarantine pests.

🌐Explore the #EFSA #PestSurveyCard supporting their surveillance:
link.europa.eu/mggwV7

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Atropellis spp.
Updated 28 March 2025 (Version 1). Taxonomy: fungi (1ATRPG). Host plants: coniferous trees. Regulation: quarantine pests.
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May 4, 2026 at 6:51 AM
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💡The pest survey card on #Apriona cinerea, A. germari and A. rugicollis is now available! 🌿

🔍 Explore how to survey these pests:
efsa.europa.eu/plants/plant...
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Adult of Apriona germari EPPO Global Database courtesy of Franck Hérard
May 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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The #PestSurveyCard on Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum is now available!
➡️ link.europa.eu/VhvHdX

EFSA assessed this pathogen as a EU candidate #PriorityPests:
➡️ bsky.app/profile/efsa...

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February 23, 2026 at 10:39 AM
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🌿 Curious about the Chrysanthemum stem necrosis virus? 🌿

🔍 Explore the EFSA #PestSurveyCard to uncover its lifecycle, target population, and much more.

▶️ europa.eu/!xqWrGV

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Pathogen cycle of chrysanthemum stem necrosis virus (EFSA Pest Survey Card on chrysanthemum stem necrosis virus, © courtesy of Luka Mustapic, created in BioRender.com)
May 23, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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🌲Gremmeniella abietina is the causal agent of shoot #dieback and canker on #Pinus and other #conifers
🔍Discover key insights for surveillance in the EFSA #PestSurveyCard
▶️ europa.eu/!Hwqr3F
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Symptoms of Gremmeniella abietina on Pinus EPPO Global Database, courtesy of Institut für Pflanzenschutz im Forst, BBA (DE)
June 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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The EFSA #PestSurveyCard on #Melampsora farlowii, the casual agent of leaf and twig rust of hemlocks, is available in the EFSA gallery:
🔍🌲 link.europa.eu/wnG9Tv

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Melampsora farlowii
Updated 22 May 2025 (Version 1). Taxonomy: fungi (MELMFA). Host plants: coniferous trees. Regulation: quarantine pests.
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April 17, 2026 at 6:58 AM
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The #PestSurveyCard on Prodiplosis longifila is now available!

➡️ link.europa.eu/BHTq8p

EFSA ranked Prodiplosis longifila among the EU candidate #PriorityPests:

➡️ bsky.app/profile/efsa...

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March 30, 2026 at 10:54 AM
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🌲Byakushincecis eppoi is a gall #midge of #Juniperus, native to Japan and South Korea🌲
🔍Check out the newly released #PestSurveyCard to learn how to prepare surveys for this pest in the EU

▶ europa.eu/!trqyfm

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Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis) ©John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org
June 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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The #PestSurveyCard on Longidorus diadecturus is available here:

➡️ link.europa.eu/v8MgHG

This nematode can vector the peach rosette mosaic virus (PRMV), also a Union Quarantine pest, see:
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March 6, 2026 at 7:42 AM
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The #PestSurveyCard on lettuce infectious virus, another virus transmitted by #Bemisiatabaci, is available on the EFSA Gallery:
➡️ link.europa.eu/jcvYhD

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NEW - Lettuce infectious yellows virus
Updated 09 February 2026 (Version 1). Taxonomy: viruses (LIYV00). Host plants: fruit-bearing vegetables . Regulation: quarantine pests.
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March 20, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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Two #PestSurveyCard are now available on nematodes of the Xiphinema americanum group:
➡️ link.europa.eu/jQk6pY
➡️ link.europa.eu/DYQBTB

These pests can transmit #viruses that are also regulated, see: bsky.app/profile/efsa...

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March 4, 2026 at 12:18 PM
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no other #Bactrocera dorsalis found in South Auckland

we provide a tool to #NPPOs for supporting statistically sound and risk-based #PestSurveys in line with current #ISPMs
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/1614...

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January 20, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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The #PestSurveyCard on squash vein yellowing virus is now available.
This virus is transmitted by the whitefly #Bemisiatabaci.
Learn more here:
➡️ link.europa.eu/PVjp6B

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NEW - Squash vein yellowing virus
Updated 09 February 2026 (Version 1). Taxonomy: viruses (SQVYVX). Host plants: fruit-bearing vegetables. Regulation: quarantine pests.
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March 20, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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#Pathogens that can infect #palmtrees in the EU include #Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. albedinis.

A #PestSurveyCard for this pathogen is available at: europa.eu/!qHJtfH

Check out the document to explore the recommended detection and identification procedure.

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July 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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🌲 #Pseudocercospora pini-densiflorae is a pathogen of conifers, impacting both urban and forest ecosystems.

🔎 Early detection is essential to prevent spread and mitigate ecological and economic impacts.

EFSA #StoryMap 🔗 link.europa.eu/bWC3cG

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Symptoms and signs of Pseudocercorspora pini-densiflorae (yellowish bands and black stomata) on a 2-years-old seedling on Pinus thunbergii
October 6, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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The #PestSurveyCard on Neoleucinodes elegantalis has been published:

➡️ link.europa.eu/pHPwFB

This moth infests the fruit of Solanaceae 🍅🫑

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NEW - Neoleucinodes elegantalis
Updated 09 March 2026 (Version 1). Taxonomy: insects (NEOLEL). Host plants: fruit-bearing vegetables. Regulation: quarantine pests.
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April 1, 2026 at 11:04 AM
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🌿 New week, new pest survey cards! 🌿

📍 The EFSA Pest Survey Card Gallery has a lot of fresh Story Maps—ready for you to explore!

🔎 Have you checked them out yet?

👉 europa.eu/!jCcdTn

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June 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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The #PestSurveyCard on Keiferia lycopersicella is now available!
➡️ link.europa.eu/NVtcVJ

EFSA ranked Keiferia lycopersicella among the EU candidate #PriorityPests:
➡️ bsky.app/profile/efsa...

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March 9, 2026 at 8:21 AM
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The #PestSurveyCard on Spodoptera eridania, a highly polyphagous pest, is now available!🍅🥜🫑

➡️ link.europa.eu/vwqHVf

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NEW - Spodoptera eridania
Updated 26 February 2026 (Version 1). Taxonomy: insects (PRODER). Host plants: fruit-bearing vegetables, other. Regulation: quarantine pests.
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March 31, 2026 at 7:25 AM
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🧫 #Neofusicoccum laricinum is a fungal pathogen that affects larch and Douglas fir.

🌲 Learn how to survey this pathogen, a threat to EU forests:

🔗 link.europa.eu/xR8QVP

#PlantHealth #PestSurveyCard #SurveillanceNetwork
Neofusicoccum laricinum
Updated 16 April 2025 (Version 1). Taxonomy: fungi (GUIGLA). Host plants: coniferous trees. Regulation: quarantine pests.
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October 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Two #PestSurveyCard have been published to support the surveillance of the non-EU Cicadomorpha vectors of #Xylella fastidiosa.

Here’s the card on non-EU #leafhopper & #treehopper:
➡️ link.europa.eu/xCftKB

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April 22, 2026 at 10:22 AM
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EFSA has recently released a #PestSurveyCard for a date palm pathogen. The concern arises for the fungal species #Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. albedinis. The disease cycle is indicated 👇

More information:
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/3b3e...

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December 30, 2024 at 10:44 PM