Update on the situation of Anoplophora glabripennis in France
In France, Anoplophora glabripennis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae – EPPO A1 List) was first found in 2003 in Gien (Loiret department, Centre-Val de Loire region) (EPPO RS 2003/114, 2008/094). Since then, 4 other outbreaks were found in different parts of France; 2 of them have been successfully eradicated and eradication measures are being applied in 3 locations (EPPO RS 2009/045, 2010/125, 2013/139, 2017/005). An update on these outbreaks in provided below.
The pest status in France is officially declared as: Transient (only in 3 locations), actionable, under eradication.
In the outbreak of Gien, surveys detected 63 new infested trees between November 2016 and October 2017 (including 14 in the buffer zone) and 39 new infested trees between November 2017 and October 2018. The demarcated area covers 42 km2 on the municipalities of Gien, Nevoy, Poilly-lez-Gien, Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre and Saint-Gondon. All infested trees were felled and destroyed. Preventive felling of host trees in an area of 100 m around the infested area was done. An awareness campaign is also being conducted.
The outbreak of A. glabripennis found in July 2004 in Sainte-Anne-sur-Brivet (Pays-de-la-Loire region) was officially declared eradicated in 2013, following eradication measures and 4 years of intensive monitoring without any discovery of insects or infested trees.
In Strasbourg (Grand Est region), the outbreak of A. glabripennis found in July 2008 was officially declared eradicated in April 2019 (EPPO RS 2019/097). Nearby, the German Weil-am-Rhein outbreak discovered in 2011 was officially declared eradicated in 2019 after 4 years without finding infested trees or insects, including within the French delimited zone situated in Huningue and Village-Neuf area.
In Corsica, A. glabripennis was first detected in the department of Haute-Corse (Corse region) in 2013 (EPPO RS 2013/139). Official surveys are conducted in the municipalities of Furiani, Bastia et Biguglia and infested trees are felled and destroyed. Recent results are as follows: 1 infested tree felled in 2016, 1 symptomatic tree felled preventively in 2017 and no infested trees in 2018 and 2019.
In Divonne-les-bains (Ain department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region), the pest was first found in 2016 (EPPO RS 2017/005). In 2017, 1 infested Acer (without exit holes) was discovered; in 2018, 4 infested Acer, and in 2019, 8 infested trees (4 Acer, 2 Salix and 2 Aesculus) were detected, which led to the extension of the delimited zone which is partly located in Switzerland. All the infested trees were destroyed and preventive felling of host plants was undertaken in a radius of 100m around the infested area.
The finding in Velars-sur-Ouche in 2008 (Côte d’Or department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, EPPO 2009/045) was confirmed to be an interception after surveys conducted in 2009.
Sources
INTERNET
DRAFF Centre-Val de Loire (2019) Capricorne asiatique : bilan de la campagne de surveillance 2017-2018 http://draaf.centre-val-de-loire.agriculture.gouv.fr/Capricorne-asiatique-Bilan-de-la
Map of the infested area near Gien: http://draaf.centre-val-de-loire.agriculture.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/Annexe_Comm_presse_092017_V2_cle84c7b4.pdf
DRAFF Haute Corse (2018). Le capricorne asiatique Anoplophora glabripennis
http://www.haute-corse.gouv.fr/le-capricorne-asiatique-anoplophora-glabripennis-a2298.html
Mairie de Divonne-les-bains (2019) Surveillance des arbres à Divonne-les-Bains: 6 arbres contaminés par le Capricorne asiatique découverts dans le parc du casino. http://divonnelesbains.fr/cp_capricorne_avril_2019.pdf
NPPO of France (2019-10).