EPPO Global Database

Bursaphelenchus xylophilus(BURSXY)

Distribution details in France

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2025: Transient
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, only in some parts of the Member State concerned, under eradication (2025-11)
From CABI Disease map 789 (2015): Absent, invalid record
Comments
Reporting Service 520/17 of 1992-02 (https://gd.eppo.int/reporting/article-5075): intercepted in "kiln-dried" conifer wood from Canada.

There were published records of B. xylophilus in France, Baujard et al. (1979) and de Guiran (1990) , but these were misidentifications of B. mucronatus.

From the NPPO (2011): annual surveys have been conducted since 2000, and B. xylophilus has never been detected (only on imported consignments from infested countries).

Mariette et al. (2023): absent.

EPPO Reporting Service (2025/263) : one outbreak detected in Seignosse (Landes departement, Nouvelle Aquitaine region)
References
* Mariette N, Hotte H, Chappé AM, Grosdidier M, Anthoine G, Sarniguet C, Colnard O, Kersaudy E, Paris MT, Koen E, Folcher L (2023) Two decades of epidemiological surveillance of the pine wood nematode in France reveal its absence despite suitable conditions for its establishment. Annals of Forest Science 80(1), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13595-023-01186-8

* NPPO of France (2011-06, 2025-11).
- Press release (2025-11-04) Santé des végétaux : un foyer de nématode du pin détecté pour la première fois en France. https://agriculture.gouv.fr/sante-des-vegetaux-un-foyer-de-nematode-du-pin-detecte-pour-la-premiere-fois-en-france
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Belgium Absent, confirmed by survey view...
Germany Absent, confirmed by survey view...
Italy Absent, confirmed by survey view...
Spain Present, restricted distribution view...
Switzerland Absent, confirmed by survey view...