EFSA Panel, P.L.H., Civera, A.V., Baptista, P., Berlin, A., Chatzivassiliou, E., Cubero, J., Cunniffe, N., de la Peña, E., Desneux, N., Di Serio, F., Filipiak, A., Gonthier, P., Hasiów-Jaroszewska, B., Jactel, H., Landa, B.B., Maistrello, L., Makowski, D., Milonas, P., Papadopoulos, N., Potting, R., Susi, H., van der Gaag, D.J., Evangelou, V., Gobbi, A., Kertesz, V., Maiorano, A., Papachristos, D., & Sfyra, O. 2025b Pest categorisation of Selenaspidus articulatus. EFSA Journal https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2025.9382

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Notes: Following the commodity risk assessment of Jasminum polyanthum unrooted cuttings from Uganda, in which Selenaspidus articulatus (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) was identified as a pest of possible concern, the European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to conduct a pest categorisation of S. articulatus for the territory of the European Union (EU). All criteria assessed by EFSA for consideration as a potential quarantine pest are met.

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