EPPO Global Database

Euwallacea fornicatus sensu lato(XYLBFO)

Distribution details in Italy

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Absent, pest eradicated
Eradication in: 2022
Pest status declared by NPPO: Absent, pest eradicated (2020-07)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2020/094) : found in a greenhouse in the botanical gardens of Trauttmansdorff Castle, in Trentino-Alto Adige region, Italy. Under eradication.

EPPO Reporting Service (2022/146) : eradicated.

EPPO Reporting Service (2023/005) : details on introduction and host plants.
References
* NPPO of Italy (2020-04, 2022-07).

* Schuler H, Witkowski R, van de Vossenberg B, Hoppe B, Mittelbach M, Bukovinszki T, Schwembacher S, van de Meulengraaf B, Lange U, Rode S, Andriolo A (2022) Recent invasion and eradication of two members of the Euwallacea fornicatus species complex (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) from tropical greenhouses in Europe. Biological Invasions. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-022-02929-w
------- includes a list of host plants attacked in Italy.