EPPO Global Database

Cameraria ohridella(LITHOD)

Distribution details in Ireland

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2019: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2013
Comments
Cameraria ohridella was first confirmed in Ireland in south Dublin during 2013. In June and July 2014 as well as throughout Dublin, mines and adults have been noticed in Belfast, Cavan, Louth and Wicklow.
First observed in Clare county (West coast) in 2019.
References
* Minchin D (2019) The horse-chestnut leaf miner (Cameraria ohridella Deschka and Demić) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), arrives in Co. Clare. Irish Naturalists’ Journal 36 (2) 153-154.

INTERNET
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