b760dc53-b968-4b46-b68e-4919823a2127 Netherlands 2009-11-01 Pest Risk Analysis - Scyphophorus acupunctatus Since 1980, Scyphophorus acupunctatus has been found 13 times at post import inspections in the Netherlands, on plants mainly originating from Guatemala:


Beaucarnea (1984, 1987, 1989, 1997-2x, 2001-2x, 2003, 2004, 2006) 

Yucca (1980, 2001) 

Dasylirion (1989)


 In all cases, one individual beetle was found except the one in 2006 when 3 larvae and 2 beetles were found on Beaucarnea. In 2006, insecticide treatments (with carbofuran) were carried out at the importing company and no further beetles or larvae were observed. Pest status in the Netherlands: absent.

]]> EPPO Secretariat (EPPO entered these PRAs in the platform) Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority Scyphophorus acupunctatus Agave Agave americana Agave amica Agave sisalana Agave tequilana Beaucarnea Dasylirion longissimum Dasylirion sp. Dracaena sp. Furcraea Yucca Netherlands Risicobeoordeling+Pest+Risk+Analysis+-+Scyphophorus+acupunctatus.pdf https://pra.eppo.int/getfile/4c73e372-f1e8-4876-9483-8e7b457afc9c