Amendment of Quarantine Pest List

The Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA), Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) in the Republic of Korea, has amended the quarantine pest list which is based on the result of a Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) and in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 and 6 of the Ministerial Ordinance of the Plant Protection Act. The Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency notified to add 36 quarantine pest species as follows:

No. Scientific name                                              Group               Category

1 Bactrocera facialis                                            Diptera          Prohibited Pest
2 Ceratitis cosyra                                                 Diptera          Prohibited Pest
3 Colletotrichum kahawae                                   Fungus          Controlled Pest
4 Elsinoe mangiferae                                           Fungus          Controlled Pest
5 Geosmithia morbida                                          Fungus          Controlled Pest
6 Mycosphaerella fijiensis                                    Fungus          Controlled Pest
7 Phyllachora maydis                                           Fungus          Controlled Pest
8 Pepper yellow leaf curl indonesia virus             Virus              Controlled Pest
9 Pineapple mealybug wilt-associated viruses     Virus              Controlled Pest
10 Tomato leaf curl new delhi virus                      Virus              Controlled Pest
11 Columnea latent viroid                                     Viroid            Controlled Pest
12 Pepper chat fruit viroid                                     Viroid            Controlled Pest
13 Tomato apical stunt viroid                                Viroid            Controlled Pest
14 Tomato planta macho viroid                             Viroid            Controlled Pest
15 Digitaria horizontalis                                         Weed            Controlled Pest
16 Ludwigia peruviana                                          Weed            Controlled Pest
17 Brachiaria decumbens                                     Weed            Controlled Pest
18 Craspedoxantha marginalis                             Diptera          Controlled Pest
19 Monarthropalpus flavus                                    Diptera          Controlled Pest
20 Adelges piceae                                                Hemiptera      Controlled Pest
21 Diuraphis noxia                                                Hemiptera      Controlled Pest
22 Ericaphis fimbriata                                           Hemiptera      Controlled Pest
23 Ericaphis scammelli                                         Hemiptera      Controlled Pest
24 Spilococcus mamillariae                                  Hemiptera      Controlled Pest
25 Thaumastocoris peregrinus                             Hemiptera      Controlled Pest
26 Anomala cupripes                                            Coleoptera     Controlled Pest
27 Carpophilus lugubris                                        Coleoptera     Controlled Pest
28 Coccotrypes dactyliperda                                Coleoptera      Controlled Pest
29 Dinoplatypus luniger                                        Coleoptera      Controlled Pest
30 Hypothenemus hampei                                   Coleoptera      Controlled Pest
31 Ips caligraphus                                                Coleoptera      Controlled Pest
32 Tribolium destructor                                        Coleoptera      Controlled Pest
33 Aproceros leucopoda                                      Hymenoptera  Controlled Pest
34 Tetraponera rufonigra                                     Hymenoptera  Controlled Pest
35 Hirschmanniella gracilis                                 Tylenchida       Controlled Pest
36 Zygotylenchus guevarai                                 Tylenchida       Controlled Pest