Unknown Low: Feed on decaying plant Corticaria japonica Reitter, 1877 2 material . There is a low possibility Syn: Corticaria adelaidae of these being a pest of dried minute mould beetle grapes. Permitted s11 – High/High: Cryptolestes pusillus Low: Cryptolestes pusillus is a pest Cryptolestes pusillus (Schönherr, 1817) 2 is ubiquitous and will feed on of stored cereal grains and Syn: Cucujus minutus dried plant material, either in processed commodities . Potentially flat grain beetle storage or occurring naturally. a pest of dried grapes only. Declared pest s22 (C3) – Daktulosphaira vitifoliae (Fitch, 1855) High/Medium: Vitis vinifera is the Extreme: D. vitifoliae is often listed 5 sole host for D. vitifoliae . Grape as the grape pest . world’s worst Syn: Daktulosphaera vitifoliae phylloxera is introduced into new While many table grapevines might Syn: Pemphigus vitifoliae areas on grapevine material, soil, be grown on resistant rootstocks, machinery, and people most wine grapevines, including grape phylloxera movements. Once in a vineyard it valuable heritage vines, are not, and Prohibited s12 (C1) – cannot be successfully removed. would be highly susceptible to grape phylloxera and require replacement.
Corticaria japonica Reitter, 1877 Syn: Corticaria adelaidae minute mould beetle Permitted – s11 Unknown Low: Feed on decaying plant material . There is a low possibility of these being a pest of dried grapes. 2 Cryptolestes pusillus (Schönherr, 1817) Syn: Cucujus minutus flat grain beetle Declared pest – s22 (C3) High/High: Cryptolestes pusillus is ubiquitous and will feed on dried plant material, either in storage or occurring naturally. Low: Cryptolestes pusillus is a pest of stored cereal grains and processed commodities . Potentially a pest of dried grapes only. 2 Daktulosphaira vitifoliae (Fitch, 1855) Syn: Daktulosphaera vitifoliae Syn: Pemphigus vitifoliae grape phylloxera Prohibited – s12 (C1) High/Medium: Vitis vinifera is the sole host for D. vitifoliae . Grape phylloxera is introduced into new areas on grapevine material, soil, machinery, and people movements. Once in a vineyard it cannot be successfully removed. Extreme: D. vitifoliae is often listed as the world’s worst grape pest . While many table grapevines might be grown on resistant rootstocks, most wine grapevines, including valuable heritage vines, are not, and would be highly susceptible to grape phylloxera and require replacement. 5
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