Stephanitis pyrioides(STEPPY)
Distribution details in Spain
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2025: Present, few occurrences
First recorded in: 2022
First recorded in: 2022
EPPO Reporting Service (2025/028) : reported in Galicia and Catalunya.
* Riba-Flinch JM (2023) Primera detecció de Stephanitis pyrioides (Scott, 1874)(Heteroptera: Tingidae) en Rhododendron japonicum (A. Gray) Suringar a Catalunya i segona citació a la península Ibèrica. Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d'Història Natural 87(1), 55-61.
------- recorded from potted plants of Rhododendron japonicum in a garden center in Premià de Dalt (Catalonia) in November 2022. In September 2022 recorded in Goián (Galicia) on Rhododendron indicum potted plants.
------- recorded from potted plants of Rhododendron japonicum in a garden center in Premià de Dalt (Catalonia) in November 2022. In September 2022 recorded in Goián (Galicia) on Rhododendron indicum potted plants.
| Country | State | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | Absent, intercepted only | ||
| Morocco | Present, widespread |