Pityophthorus juglandis(PITOJU)
Distribution details in Italy
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2022: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2013
From CABI Pest map 784 (2014): Present, few occurrences
First recorded in: 2013
From CABI Pest map 784 (2014): Present, few occurrences
EPPO Reporting Service (2014/001) : first found in September 2013 in Northeastern Italy (Bressanvido, Vicenza province, Veneto region) on black walnut trees (Juglans nigra) of different ages (trees around 80 years old in a garden - 15 years old trees in a neary walnut plantation for timber production). Eradication measures are being considered.
EPPO Reporting Service (2015/004) : also found in the province of Vicenza (Veneto region), but the disease was not observed.
EPPO Reporting Service (2016/153) : update of the situation. The disease has been found in Veneto (70 000 ha around the province of Vicenza) and in Piemonte (2 sites). The vector, P. juglandis, has been trapped in small numbers in Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Lombardia. Under official control.
EPPO Reporting Service (2019/102) : update of the situation. Pityophthorus juglandis has been found in Toscana, Emilia-Romagna.
EPPO Reporting Service (2020/222) : eradicated in Toscana.
EPPO Reporting Service (2022/154) : second outbreak in Emilia-Romagna, found again in Toscana.
EPPO Reporting Service (2021/085) : study on spread capacity in Veneto.
EPPO Reporting Service (2023/001) : eradicated in Luzzara (Emilia-Romagna).
EPPO Reporting Service (2015/004) : also found in the province of Vicenza (Veneto region), but the disease was not observed.
EPPO Reporting Service (2016/153) : update of the situation. The disease has been found in Veneto (70 000 ha around the province of Vicenza) and in Piemonte (2 sites). The vector, P. juglandis, has been trapped in small numbers in Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Lombardia. Under official control.
EPPO Reporting Service (2019/102) : update of the situation. Pityophthorus juglandis has been found in Toscana, Emilia-Romagna.
EPPO Reporting Service (2020/222) : eradicated in Toscana.
EPPO Reporting Service (2022/154) : second outbreak in Emilia-Romagna, found again in Toscana.
EPPO Reporting Service (2021/085) : study on spread capacity in Veneto.
EPPO Reporting Service (2023/001) : eradicated in Luzzara (Emilia-Romagna).
* Bosio G, Cooke-McEwen C (2018) Insects collected from wood infested with Pityophthorus juglandis Blackman (Coleoptera Curculionidae Scolytinae) in the Piemonte region, Northwestern Italy. Bollettino Della Società Entomologica Italiana 150(1), 21-30. https://doi.org/10.4081/BollettinoSEI.2018.21
------- First found in Piemonte in 2015 in Olengo (Novara municipality), then found in other localities (Casalgrasso, Cavallermaggiore, Cercenasco, Saluzzo, Revello, Tarantasca, Vercelli, Verolengo, Vigone)
* EU (2017) Final report of an audit carried out in Italy from 12 September 2016 to 23 September 2016 in order to evaluate the situation and control for thousand canker disease. DG(SANTE) 2016-8796-MR. http://ec.europa.eu/food/audits-analysis/audit_reports/details.cfm?rep_id=3795
* Marchioro M, Faccoli M (2021) Dispersal and colonization risk of the walnut twig beetle, Pityophthorus juglandis, in southern Europe. Journal of Pest Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-021-01372-5
* Moricca S, Bracalini M, Benigno A, Ginetti B (2019) Disease Note. Thousand cankers disease caused by Geosmithia morbida and its insect vector Pityophthorus juglandis first reported on Juglans nigra in Tuscany, Central Italy. Plant Disease 103(2) p 369. DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-07-18-1256-PDN
* Montecchio L, Faccoli M (2013) First record of thousand cankers disease Geosmithia morbida and walnut twig beetle Pityophthorus juglandis on Juglans nigra in Europe. Plant Disease 98(10), p 1445.
------- First record in Italy and in Europe.
* Montecchio L, Vettorazzo M, Faccoli M (2016) Thousand cankers disease in Europe: an overview. Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 46(2), 335–340.
* NPPO of Italy (2013-11, 2014-12, 2018-11, 2019-02, 2019-04, 2020-10, 2022-07, 2022-12).
------- First found in Piemonte in 2015 in Olengo (Novara municipality), then found in other localities (Casalgrasso, Cavallermaggiore, Cercenasco, Saluzzo, Revello, Tarantasca, Vercelli, Verolengo, Vigone)
* EU (2017) Final report of an audit carried out in Italy from 12 September 2016 to 23 September 2016 in order to evaluate the situation and control for thousand canker disease. DG(SANTE) 2016-8796-MR. http://ec.europa.eu/food/audits-analysis/audit_reports/details.cfm?rep_id=3795
* Marchioro M, Faccoli M (2021) Dispersal and colonization risk of the walnut twig beetle, Pityophthorus juglandis, in southern Europe. Journal of Pest Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-021-01372-5
* Moricca S, Bracalini M, Benigno A, Ginetti B (2019) Disease Note. Thousand cankers disease caused by Geosmithia morbida and its insect vector Pityophthorus juglandis first reported on Juglans nigra in Tuscany, Central Italy. Plant Disease 103(2) p 369. DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-07-18-1256-PDN
* Montecchio L, Faccoli M (2013) First record of thousand cankers disease Geosmithia morbida and walnut twig beetle Pityophthorus juglandis on Juglans nigra in Europe. Plant Disease 98(10), p 1445.
------- First record in Italy and in Europe.
* Montecchio L, Vettorazzo M, Faccoli M (2016) Thousand cankers disease in Europe: an overview. Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 46(2), 335–340.
* NPPO of Italy (2013-11, 2014-12, 2018-11, 2019-02, 2019-04, 2020-10, 2022-07, 2022-12).
| Country | State | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | Present, few occurrences |