Eradication of Trichoferus campestris from Germany
In July 2016, Trichoferus campestris (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae - EPPO A1 List) was detected for the first time in Germany in a residential building in Wilhelmshaven (Lower Saxony – EPPO RS 2016/164). The beetles most probably had emerged from a wooden wreath used for decoration. In August 2016, a larva of T. campestris was identified in wooden decorative material in the apartment of a plant health inspector in Mecklenburg Western-Pomerania. In these two cases, the decorative material has been destroyed. The surroundings were surveyed and no other specimens were found. Considering the circumstances of these findings (indoors and on imported wooden decorative material), the German NPPO considers that the pest has now been eradicated.
The pest status of Trichoferus campestris in Germany is officially declared as: Absent, eradicated.
Sources
NPPO of Germany (2017-06).