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dorsalis and 11 other species of Tephritidae to oviposit and develop in Musa at later stages of fruit development. Physical and chemical changes that occur during fruit ripening enable B. When experimentally infested with eggs of Tephritidae, larvae fail to develop in green stage one fruit. There is no evidence that any Tephritidae can naturally infest commercial varieties of Musa fruit at green stage one or earlier. Green stage one fruit are transported to the EU in controlled conditions and stimulated to ripen when exposed to exogenous ethylene in ripening rooms in the EU. Postharvest processes are designed to ensure that only high quality, unripe fruit are exported. Commercial Musa fruits are harvested at 'green stage one' before they begin to ripen naturally. The majority of EU imports of Musa fruit comes from Ecuador, Colombia and Costa Rica where B. Relevant scientific and technical information, including unpublished information provided to the EFSA Panel on Plant Health by the European Commission from research conducted in Cabo Verde, were taken into account.

Non‐EU Tephritidae do not meet the criteria assessed by EFSA for consideration as regulated non‐quarantine pests, as members of the group are not present in the EU and plants for planting are not the main means of spread.įollowing a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Plant Health examined evidence as to whether the import of fruits of Musa (bananas and plantains) could provide a pathway into the EU for Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae) or other non-EU Tephritidae for which Musa is a host. Lack of information of the distribution of hosts and/or impact on wild hosts means 1,087 species of non‐EU Tephritidae do not satisfy all criteria to be considered as potential quarantine pests for the EU. Of 4,765 species regarded as non‐EU Tephritidae, 257 species satisfy the criteria assessed by EFSA such that they can be considered as potential quarantine pests for the EU.

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Results are presented in a series of appendices listing species screened during the process. Phytosanitary measures are available to prevent the entry of non‐EU Tephritidae. Following the introduction of pest species, impacts on cultivated host plants could result in yield and quality losses harmful impacts on wild hosts are uncertain. Beginning with over 5,000 recognised species, factors relevant for pest categorisation were sequentially used to narrow down the list of species to create a list of Tephritidae not known to be established in the EU yet which occur in countries with some EU climate types and which feed on plants that occur in the EU. Interceptions mainly occur on fruits although there is potential for entry on other plant parts. Non‐EU Tephritidae are regularly intercepted in the EU. Non‐European Tephritidae are listed in 2000/29 EC as Annex 1/A1 pests whose introduction into the EU is prohibited. Tephritidae occur in all biogeographic regions except in extreme desert and polar areas, where their hosts are scarce or absent.

Information was saught on the distribution of each species and their hosts. Abstract The Panel on Plant Health performed a group pest categorisation of non‐EU Tephritidae, a large insect family containing well‐studied and economically important fruit fly species and little studied species with scarce information regarding their hosts and species that do not feed on plants.