EPPO Global Database

Gilpinia hercyniae(GILPPO)

Distribution details in United Kingdom (Wales)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2014: Present, no details
References
* Billany DJ, Brown RM (1977) The geographical distribution of Gilpinia hercyniae Hymenoptera: Diprionidae in the United Kingdom. Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research 50(2), 155-160.

* Liston AD, Knight GT, Sheppard DA, Broad GR, Livermore L (2014) Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - Sawflies, ‘Symphyta’. Biodiversity Data Journal 2, e1168. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1168

* Williams DT, Straw NA, Day KR (2003) Defoliation of Sitka spruce by the European spruce sawfly, Gilpinia hercyniae (Hartig): a retrospective analysis using the needle trace method. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 5(3), 235-245.
------- Outbreak in 1968-1974 on Picea sitchensis in forests of mid-Wales.