Findings of Trichoferus campestris in Germany
According to Bense (2017), Trichoferus campestris (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae – EPPO A2 List) was first observed in Germany in 2013. One specimen was caught in a light trap in July 2013 at Altrip (Rhineland-Palatinate), in an alluvial forest near the Rhine. In May 2014, several adult beetles were also found in the port of Bremerhaven (Bremen) associated with wooden pallets imported from China. In August 2015, one female specimen was caught in a light trap which was located on the balcony of a house near an industrial area in Görlitz (Saxony). In July 2016, several specimens of T. campestris were found in Wilhelmshaven (Lower Saxony) probably emerging from decorative material (a wooden wreath showing exit holes) (EPPO RS 2016/164). In August 2016, a larva of T. campestris was also identified in wooden decorative material in an apartment in Mecklenburg Western-Pomerania (EPPO RS 2017/130). In these two cases, the wooden material was destroyed to prevent any further spread. In October 2017, two specimens (a male and a female) of T. campestris were caught in a trap near Breisach (Baden-Württemberg), and a another one was found in a residential building in Neckarweihingen (Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg). The establishment of T. campestris in Germany remains to be demonstrated, but these repeated findings in different locations suggest that multiple introductions are taking place.
Sources
Bense U (2017) Trichoferus campestris (Faldermann, 1835) – eine auch in Baden-Württemberg neu auftretende Bockkäferart (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). Mitteilungen Entomologisher Verein Stuttgart 52(2), 85-88.