EPPO Global Database

Gonipterus scutellatus species complex(GONPSC)

Distribution details in Italy

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2020: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1975
From CABI Pest map 344 (2010): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2016/024) : first found in Liguria in the 1970s, and then in Lazio and Toscana. Detected during entomological surveys near Catania, Sicilia.
References
* Cadahia, D. (1986) Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 16 (2), 265-283.

* Jacoboni A (1982) Informatore Fitopatologico 32 (6), 27-30.
------- Restricted to Liguria region.

* Mazza G, Inghilesi AF, Tricarico E, Montagna M, Longo S, Roversi PF (2015) First report of Gonipterus scutellatus complex (Coleoptera Curculionidae) in Sicily (Italy). Redia 98, 149-150.
------- Sicilia.

* NHM (1976)
------- Ventimiglia.

* Schröder ML, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Hurley BP (2020) Invasion history and management of Eucalyptus snout beetles in the Gonipterus scutellatus species complex. Journal of Pest Science 93(1), 11-25.

* Sampo, A. (1976) Il Floricultore 13 (10), 3 pp.
------- First record for Europe. Liguria, July 1976.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
France Corse Present, no details view...
France Present, restricted distribution view...