EPPO Global Database

Xylosandrus crassiusculus(XYLBCR)

Distribution details in France

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2021: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2014
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present (2021-07)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2014/185) : first found in August 2014 in the department of Alpes-Maritimes (Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region) on 4 carob trees (Ceratonia siliqua). Under eradication.

EPPO Reporting Service (2017/028) : surveys using traps conducted in 2015 detected the pest on 200 trees at the same location and on the island of Sainte Marguerite (also in Alpes-Maritimes). Eradication is no longer considered feasible.

EPPO Reporting Service (2019/199) : found in 2018 in Occitanie region and in Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.

EPPO Reporting Service (2021/156) and EPPO Reporting Service (2021/157) : established in Southern France, locally abundant.

NPPO (2021-07): termination of phytosanitary measures. Official pest status: present.
References
* Barnouin T, Soldati F, Roques A, Faccoli M, Kirkendall LR, Mouttet R, Daubree JB, Noblecourt T (2020) Bark beetles and pinhole borers recently or newly introduced to France (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae and Platypodinae). Zootaxa 4877(1), 51-74. https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/

* INTERNET
Anonymous (2015) Xylosandrus crassiusculus, le plan de surveillance en PACA. http://www.efiatlantic.efi.int/files/attachments/2015_geff_meeting/4-jean-baptiste_daubr_e__dsf__plan_de_surveillance_de_xylosandrus_crassiusculus_sur_la_c_te_d_azur.pdf

* Nageleisen LM, Bouget C, Noblecourt T (2015) Les scolytes du genre Xylosandrus en France (Coleoptera Curculionidae Scolytinae). L'Entomologiste 71(4), 267-271.

* NPPO of France (2014-09, 2021-07).

* Roques A, Bernard A, Courtin C, Denux O, Roques O, Auger-Rozenberg MA (2021) Bilan des piégeages 2020 dans les ports d’entrée et en forets avec le mélange générique attractif pour les xylophages exotiques envahissants. Rapport INRAE URZF Orléans, 13 pp.

* Roques A, Bellanger R, Daubrée JB, Ducatillion C, Urvois T, Auger-Rozenberg MA (2019) Les scolytes exotiques: une menace pour le maquis. Phytoma 727, 16-21.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Belgium Absent, no pest record view...
French Guiana Present, restricted distribution view...
Italy Present, restricted distribution view...
Spain Present, restricted distribution view...
Switzerland Present, few occurrences view...