EPPO Global Database

Aproceros leucopoda(APRCLE)

Distribution details in Belgium

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2014: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2013
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, only in some areas (2014-10)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2014/212) : first observed in 2013 at different locations around Brussels. In 2014, several observations of the insect or typical feeding patterns were reported through citizen science between June and September, mainly in the centre of Belgium.
References
* NPPO of Belgium (2014-10).

* Boevé JL (2013) First record in Belgium of the invasive sawfly Aproceros leucopoda (Hymenoptera : Argidae) and some related ecological data. Bulletin de la Société Royale Belge d’Entomologie 149, 217-221.

* INTERNET
Natuurbericht web site. Lepenzigzagwesp verovert Vlaanderen. [Zigzag elm sawfly has reached Flanders]. http://www.natuurbericht.be/?id=12844&Eid=10085
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
France Present, restricted distribution view...
Germany Present, restricted distribution view...
Netherlands Present, no details view...