First report of Garella musculana in Romania
Garella musculana (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae - EPPO A2 List) is an important walnut pest originating in Central Asia. It was found in 2008 in Ukraine, and more recently in Turkey (EPPO RS 2019/008) and Bulgaria (EPPO RS 2019/009). The Asian walnut moth was also observed in Romania on Juglans regia during studies conducted in Albesti province in 2018 and in Arsa province in 2020. In the first case, damage was observed in 3-year-old walnut saplings, and in the second case in the nuts and shoots of a 50-year-old tree. The authors consider that the most likely pathway for spread of this pest are logs with bark of Juglans regia and J. nigra.
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Bostancı C, Yıldırım İ, Aydoğan O, Yıldız Y, Kiss IK, Albas E (2021) First report of walnut (Juglans regia) pest Garella musculana in Romania. EPPO Bulletin 51(2) https://doi.org/10.1111/epp.12753