EPPO Global Database

Stephanitis pyrioides(STEPPY)

Distribution details in Switzerland

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2015: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2007
From CABI Pest map 768 (2012): Present, no details
Comments
Found in Ticino on Azalea.
References
* Dioli P, Salvetti M, Forini Giacalone I (2015) [New records of the allochthonous species Stephanitis pyrioides (Scott, 1874) and Stephanitis takeyai Drake & Maa, 1955 (Hexapoda: Heteroptera: Tingidae) in Lombardy (northern Italy) and Canton Ticino (southern Switzerland)]. Il Naturalista Valtellinese - Atti Museo civ. Storia naturale Morbegno 26, 13-24
------- Specimens found in 2011 on azalea in Colderio and Monte Carasso (Ticino canton).

* Rabitsch W (2008) Alien true bugs of Europe (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Zootaxa 1827, 1-44.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
France Absent, intercepted only view...
Italy Present, few occurrences view...