EPPO Global Database

EPPO Reporting Service no. 08 - 2010 Num. article: 2010/139

Situation of Rhynchophorus ferrugineus in Italy in 2009


Official surveys carried out in Italy in 2009 have showed that Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae – EPPO A2 List) occurs in the following regions:
  • Abruzzo (mainly along the Adriatic coast),
  • Calabria (several municipalities in the provinces of Catanzaro, Cosenza and Reggio Calabria),
  • Campania (79 municipalities),
  • Lazio (mainly along the coast),
  • Liguria (several municipalities in the provinces of Imperia and Savona),
  • Marche (several municipalities in the provinces of Ascoli Piceno and Macerata),
  • Molise (municipality of Termoli),
  • Puglia (several municipalities in the provinces of Bari, Brindisi, Foggia, Lecce, and Taranto),
  • Sardegna (several municipalities in the East and South of the island),
  • Sicilia (several municipalities in the provinces of Agrigento, Catania, Enna, Messina, Palermo, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani)
During these official surveys, the pest was not detected in Basilicata, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lombardia, Piemonte, Toscana, Umbria, Valle d’Aosta, Veneto.
The situation of Rhynchophorus ferrugineus in Italy can be described as: Present, first observed in the South and now recorded in Abruzzo, Calabria, Campania, Lazio, Liguria, Marche, Molise, Puglia, Sardegna, Sicilia, under official control.

Sources

NPPO of Italy (2010-03).