EPPO Global Database

Anoplophora glabripennis(ANOLGL)

Distribution details in United States of America (Massachusetts)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2014: Present, few occurrences
First recorded in: 2008
From CABI Pest map 590 (2014): Present, few occurrences
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2008/157) : discovered in August 2008 on trees in a private garden in Worcester (Worcester county), under eradication.

Other findings were then made in other localities. In 2014, eradication was achieved in Suffolk and Norfolk counties but is continuing in Boston and Brookline.
References
* INTERNET
Massachusetts Introduced Pests Outreach Project. http://www.massnrc.org/pests/alb/
------- Found in Boston in 2010.

* NAPPO Pest Alert System. Official Pest Reports.
- USA (2014- 05-22) Anoplophora glabripennis (Asian Longhorned Beetle) – Eradicated from Suffolk and Norfolk Counties, Massachusetts. http://www.pestalert.org/oprDetail.cfm?oprID=583
- USA (2010-07-19) Asian Longhorned Beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis - Confirmed in Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Portions of Suffolk and Norfolk Counties Added to Quarantine Are. http://www.pestalert.org/oprDetail_print.cfm?oprid=439
- USA (2009-01-09) Expansion of the Quarantine Area in Worcester County, Massachusetts for Asian Longhorned Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) - United States. http://www.pestalert.org/oprDetail_print.cfm?oprid=358
- USA (2008-08-14). Asian longhorned beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis, confirmed in Worcester County, Massachusetts. http://www.pestalert.org/oprDetail.cfm?oprID=336
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Canada British Columbia Absent, intercepted only view...
Canada Absent, pest eradicated view...
Canada Ontario Absent, pest eradicated view...