EPPO Global Database

Anoplophora glabripennis(ANOLGL)

Distribution details in Italy

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2021: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2007
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, under eradication (2020-08)
From CABI Pest map 590 (2014): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
Isolated findings have been made in private gardens or urban areas: in Lombardia (Corbetta, June 2007), Veneto (Cornuda, June 2009 - Maser, 2010), Marche (Grottazzolina, August 2013), Piemonte (Cuneo, Vaie, 2018) - under eradication.

EPPO Reporting Service (2007/166) : first found in June 2007 at Corbetta, in the province of Milano (Lombardia), under eradication.

EPPO Reporting Service (2009/046) : by April 2008, the 4 infested trees found at Corbetta have been destroyed. No further specimens or signs of infestations were observed in Lombardia in 2008. Eradication measures continue.

EPPO Reporting Service (2009/157) : detected in June 2009 in a private garden at Cornuda (Treviso province) in Veneto region, under eradication.

EPPO Reporting Service (2010/201) : detected in 2010 in the municipality of Maser (Treviso province) in Veneto region, under eradication.

EPPO Reporting Service (2013/189) : detected in August 2013 in the the municipality of Grottazzolina (Fermo province) in Marche region, under eradication.

EPPO Reporting Service (2014/010) : update on the situation in Veneto region, the number of infested trees is diminishing. Eradication continues.

EPPO Reporting Service (2014/023) : update on the situation in Lombardia region. Eradication continues.

EPPO Reporting Service (2014/064) : update on the situation in Marche region. Eradication continues.

EPPO Reporting Service (2018/191) : found in Piemonte region during summer 2018 (in Vaie and Cuneo), under eradication.

EPPO Reporting Service (2019/234) : update on the situation in Marche (detected in two new sites), Piemonte and Veneto. Eradication continues.

EPPO Reporting Service (2020/221) : eradicated in Veneto. Update on the situation in Lombardia and Marche (1 new outbreak in March 2020). Eradication continues.
References
* Hérard F, Maspero M, Ramualde N, Jucker C, Colombo M, Ciampitti, Cavagna B (2009) Anoplophora glabripennis infestation (Col., Cerambycidae) in Italy. Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 39(2), 146-152.

* Marchioro M, Faccoli M (2021) Successful eradication of the Asian Longhorn Beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis, from North-Eastern Italy: protocol, techniques and results. Insects 12, 877. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12100877
------- details on the eradication programme in Cornuda (Veneto region).

* Maspero M, Jucker C, Colombo M (2007) First record of Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky) (Coleoptera Cerambycidae Lamiinae Lamiini) in Italy. Bollettino di Zoologia Agraria e di Bachicoltura, Ser. II, 39(2), 161-164.

INTERNET
- http://www.tarloasiatico.marche.it/en/

* NPPO of Italy (2009-01, 2009-07, 2010-11, 2013-08, 2013-11, 2014-01, 2014-02, 2015-04, 2018-09, 2019-06,2019-07, 2019-08, 2019-09, 2020-05, 2020-06, 2020-08).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Austria Absent, pest eradicated view...
France Present, restricted distribution view...
France Corse Absent, pest eradicated view...
Slovenia Absent, confirmed by survey view...
Switzerland Present, few occurrences view...