Veronicella spp.
Abbreviation: N/A
Sloan leatherleaf slug and Cuban slug are present in: Caribbean: Puerto Rico, Cuba, Jamaica, Pacific Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Dominica, Barbados, Jamaica, Bermuda, Dominican Republic, Grand Cayman, Mexico, Guadeloupe, Barbados, Saint Vincent, Saint Lucia, Cuba. Now established in the Pacific Islands, in some regions of Africa (including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Madagascar, Malawi, South Africa, and Tanzania), Central and South America (including Chile, Colombia, Guyana, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela), and in China and India.
Sloan leatherleaf slug and Cuban slug are pests of the following plants: they are not host-specific.
The following are only some examples of hosts for these pests: bananas and plantains, various beans and peas, Brassica sp., peanut, spinach, carrots, taro, tomatoes, eggplant, cabbage, Citrus sp., and yams.
Evidence of Sloan leatherleaf slug and Cuban slug damage includes: external feeding leading to dieback and death.
CBP Agriculture Specialists, please refer to manuals for general inspection guidelines. When performing inspections, look for visual signs of chewing or rasping damage to plants, presence of eggs, juveniles and adults, mucus and slime trails, and/or ribbon-like feces.
Sloan leatherleaf slug and Cuban slug can be variable in color, ranging in shades of brown to pale yellow, although albino versions exist. Some have two dark bands running down the dorsal side. They may also have a lighter stripe down the midline of the dorsal side. Black spotting may also be seen scattered on the body.
Adult: approximately 5 to 7 cm (2 to 2 3/4 in) long but can reach up to 12 cm (4 3/4 in)
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