Given this, LA UNIÓ demands greater responsibility and the provision of more resources to the Plant Protection Services in both areas, as in the light of the analyses carried out, it appears that they seem to be unable to stop the spread of the insect. Moreover, it calls for greater awareness of the population, or even regulatory changes to make the treatment and pruning of affected material compulsory in private gardens, where most of the pest's cases have been detected. If this does not stop its rapid expansion, the insect may arrive in the productive areas of the regions of Valencia, Andalusia, Murcia or Catalonia, "with catastrophic results, because the bacterium would follow in a few years, which would entail the massive death of the trees."
The auditors also went to the Region of Valencia, the main production area of the country, where they verified that the monitoring plans are working properly and that no cases have been detected. In the Galician case, there is the aggravating circumstance that its authorities are being forced to divide their efforts to deal with another major pest affecting potatoes, of which it is an important producer: the Guatemalan moth (Tecia solanivora).
In Portugal, since it was first detected in December 2014 in coastal areas of the north, the Trioza has been expanding to the central parts of the country, in Aveiro, fewer than 450 kilometres from the Portuguese region of Algarve and the Spanish province of Huelva, which are citrus producing areas about 70 km from where the vast majority of the country's nurseries are located. This is a especially critical area, as it produces close to 1.2 million seedlings. The report also questions the limited number of Portuguese inspectors in the southern citrus producing area (Algarve), as well as the lack of coordination in the handling of the necessary permits so that individuals can apply the prescribed phytosanitary treatments (whose non-professional use was not approved until June 2016). It also notes the lack of knowledge of individuals about the products that may be used on affected fruit trees in their gardens.