Pest risk Present in Fiji, Present within Potential to be on fresh Potential for establishment Potential for economic assessment Pest or Tonga Australia breadfruit pathway and spread consequences required ARTHROPODS Coleoptera (beetles) Ceresium unicolor (Fabricius, Fiji, Samoa (Stout No record found No. Breadfruit is a host, Assessment not required Assessment not required No 1787) 1982), Tonga (SPC but beetle larvae bore 2017) into the branches (Stout [Cerambycidae] 1982), and are not Long-horned beetle associated with fruit. Ficicis porcatus (Chapuis, 1869) Fiji, Samoa (Wood Yes (Pullen, Assessment not required Assessment not required Assessment not required No 1960), as Hylesinus Jennings & [Curculionidae] subcostatus Eggers, Oberprieler 2014) Bark beetle 1923 Xylothrips religiosus (Boisduval, Fiji, (Stout Yes (Wardlaw et al. Assessment not required Assessment not required Assessment not required No 1835) 1982), Tonga (SPC 2012) 2017) [Bostrichidae] Northern auger beetle Diptera (flies) Atherigona poecilopoda Bezzi, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga No record found No. Associated with Assessment not required Assessment not required No (Pont 2016) rotting fruit (Stout 1982). 1928 Unlikely to be present in [Muscidae] export quality fruit. Muscid fly
Pest Present in Fiji, or Tonga Present within Australia Potential to be on fresh breadfruit pathway Potential for establishment and spread Potential for economic consequences Pest risk assessment required ARTHROPODS Coleoptera (beetles) Ceresium unicolor (Fabricius, 1787) [Cerambycidae] Long-horned beetle Fiji, Samoa (Stout 1982), Tonga (SPC 2017) No record found No. Breadfruit is a host, but beetle larvae bore into the branches (Stout 1982), and are not associated with fruit. Assessment not required Assessment not required No Ficicis porcatus (Chapuis, 1869) [Curculionidae] Bark beetle Fiji, Samoa (Wood 1960), as Hylesinus subcostatus Eggers, 1923 Yes (Pullen, Jennings & Oberprieler 2014) Assessment not required Assessment not required Assessment not required No Xylothrips religiosus (Boisduval, 1835) [Bostrichidae] Northern auger beetle Fiji, (Stout 1982), Tonga (SPC 2017) Yes (Wardlaw et al. 2012) Assessment not required Assessment not required Assessment not required No Diptera (flies) Atherigona poecilopoda Bezzi, 1928 [Muscidae] Muscid fly Fiji, Samoa, Tonga (Pont 2016) No record found No. Associated with rotting fruit (Stout 1982). Unlikely to be present in export quality fruit. Assessment not required Assessment not required No
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