EPPO Global Database

EPPO Reporting Service no. 01 - 2006 Num. article: 2006/006

Further details on the occurrence of Acizzia jamatonica in France


The presence of Acizzia jamatonica (Homoptera: Psyllidae – EPPO Alert List), a psyllid pest of Albizzia was first reported in France in July 2004, in the city of Avignon (Vaucluse). This pest was then reported in other departments in the South of France: Var (Hyères, Draguignan, Fréjus), Alpes-Maritimes (Saint-Laurent-du-Var), Bouches-du-Rhône (La Ciotat), Gard (Nîmes), Hérault (Jacou, Lunel), Corse-du-Sud (Lecci), Haute-Corse (Borgo) and Isère (Salaise-sur-Sanne).


Sources

Chapin E, Cocquempot (2005) Psylle de l’Albizia : 1ers signalements en France. PHM-Revue Horticole, no. 467, 49-52.