High-risk exotic plant pests and diseases

High-risk exotic pests and diseases are not established in Australia. These are a key threat to Australia’s biodiversity and are damaging to Australia’s unique ecosystems. For more information, see:

• National Priority List of Exotic Environmental Pests, Weeds and Diseases
• National Priority Plant Pests.

Those with the greatest potential impact on South Australia are:

• Asiatic and African citrus psyllids
• Brown marmorated stink bug
• Citrus canker
• Exotic invasive ants
• Exotic invasive snails
• Exotic leaf miners
• Exotic long-horned beetles
• Fire blight
• Fruit fly
• Glassy-winged sharpshooter
• Huanglongbing (HLB)
• Karnal bunt
• Khapra beetle
• Myrtle rust
• Potato cyst nematodes
• Potato mop top virus (PMTV)
• Spongy moth
• Spotted latternfly
• Spotted winged drosophila
• Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV)
• Xylella and exotic vectors
• Yellow spotted stink bug
• Zebra chip

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