EPPO Global Database

Trichoferus campestris(HESOCA)

Distribution details in United States of America (New Jersey)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2017: Absent, intercepted only
First recorded in: 1997
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2013/218) : a small localized infestation occurred in 1997 in a storage site in the city of New Brunswick, but was later eradicated.

Isolated findings were subsquently made (Pfister and Valdez, 2017), but establishment is not confirmed.
References
* INTERNET
Center for Environmental and Research Information Systems (CERIS). Purdue University. Survey status of velvet longhorned beetle - Trichoferus campestris. http://pest.ceris.purdue.edu/map.php?code=INALQPA

* Pfister S, Valdez R (2017) Velvet longhorned beetle status in the United States. NPB Annual Meeting (Savannah, US, 2017-08-13/17). https://nationalplantboard.org/wp-content/uploads/docs/2017_meeting/pfister_furniturebeetle.pdf
------- Live adults were found in warehouse and wood products (at least 1 in Middlesex in 1999, 1 in Burlington in 2007, 1 in Burlington in 2013).

* Wu Y, Krishnankutty SM, Vieira KA, Wang B, Nadel H, Myers SW, Ray AM (2020) Invasion of Trichoferus campestris (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) into the United States characterized by high levels of genetic diversity and recurrent introductions. Biological Invasions 22, 1309-1323.
------- 1 larva in Burlington.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Canada Ontario Present, few occurrences view...
Canada Québec Present, few occurrences view...
Canada Present, few occurrences view...