Opogona sacchari

(Bojer, 1856)

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Common name (English)

Banana moth

Ηabitat

X24 Domestic gardens (urban)

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Habitat detail

The insect was caught in traps in garden centres in Nicosia district in August 2019, as part of national official surveys.

Establishment status

Extinct

Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year

2011

Impacts

Negative

Reduced performance of host-plants; eradicated from ornamental plants.

Pathway

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

3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Contaminant nursery material – CNM

Pathway detail

It can be noted that O. sacchari had been first detected in 2011 on ornamental plants in the warehouses of two traders but had been eradicated.

References

EPPO (2020) First report of Opogona sacchari in Cyprus. EPPO Reporting Service no. 01 - 2020 Num. article: 2020/008 https://gd.eppo.int/reporting/article-6686 [Accessed on: 06.07.2022]

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