d5836b3a-7c5c-46ac-ac1f-ea32e9bbf4a6 Netherlands 2016-09-29 The present Quickscan was initiated after the finding of the mite species Hemitarsonemus ganeo on fern plants from a glasshouse in the Netherlands. It is a recently described species which had previously only been reported from outdoor ferns in Poland. The species may have a wider distribution in Europe and may also be present outdoors in the Netherlands. Damage caused by the species on ferns had not been described before.

]]> EPPO Secretariat (EPPO entered these PRAs in the platform) Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority Hemitarsonemus ganeo Athyrium filix-femina Dryopteris dilatata Dryopteris filix-mas Netherlands https://pra.eppo.int/getfile/08064e68-ba43-47fc-89e6-64a52f3dfe84