Phthorimaea operculella

(Zeller, 1873)

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Common name (English)

Potato tuber moth, Tobacco splitworm

Common name (Greek)

Σκώρος πατάτας

Ηabitat

I1 Arable

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Establishment status

Established

Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year

1937

Impacts

Negative

Reared from potato tops, tubers, common and injurious (Morris 1937; Georghiou 1977).

Pathway

3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Food contaminant – Food

3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Contaminant on plants (except parasites) – Con Plant

Pathway detail

CBD pathways per EASIN (2023).

References

Morris HM (1937) Injurious insects of Cyprus. Agricultural Department of Cyprus, Bulletin 4 (Ent. Ser. ) 21 pp.

Georghiou GP (1977) The insects and mites of Cyprus. With emphasis on species of economic importance to agriculture, forestry, man and domestic animals. Benaki Phytopathological Institute. Kiphissia, Athens Greece 347 pp.

EASIN (2023) European Commission Joint Research Centre: European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN). https://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

Huemer P, Özden Ö, Rennwald E, Barton I, Junnilainen J, Hausmann A, van Nieukerken EJ, Hebert PDN (2026) Well-Known, Misidentified, or Unnamed? A DNA Barcode-Based Reassessment of the Lepidoptera Fauna of Cyprus Supported by Morphology. Insects 17(1): 4. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects17010004