EPPO Global Database

Psacothea hilaris(PSACHI)

Distribution details in Germany

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2024: Absent, intercepted only
First recorded in: 2012
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2013/245) : discovered in northern Bayern at a freight station in Neustadt near Coburg.

EPPO Reporting Service (2024/127) : found in Rheinland-Pfalz in wood pallets from China. Not considered established.
References
* Bräsicke N, Hommes M (2013) [Forest health and forest protection 2012 in the Federal Republic of Germany]. Journal für Kulturpflanzen 65(4), 129-140 (in German).

* JKI (2012) Express-PRA zu Psacothea hilaris by G. Schrader (in German). http://pflanzengesundheit.jki.bund.de/dokumente/upload/160a4_psacothea_hilaris_express_pra.pdf

* JKI (2024) Express-PRA zu Psacothea hilaris – Auftreten und Beantandung – (in German). https://pra.eppo.int/pra/693c1a5b-9c1a-4e2f-ade6-52f5e0774070