EPPO Global Database

Cacyreus marshalli(CACYMA)

Distribution details in Greece

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Present, widespread
First recorded in: 2010
Comments
First found in 2010 in Kifissia (Attica), mainland Greece. Also reported from Corfu island and Crete.

EPPO Reporting Service (2022/035) : widespread from Macedonia to the Peloponnese, but not in the western part of Greece
References
* Bella S (2014) Invasive insect pests and their associated parasitoids on ornamental urban plants on Corfu island – Phytoliriomyza jacarandae Steyskal and Spencer 1978 (Diptera, Agromyzidae) a new record in Greece. Hellenic Plant Protection Journal 7(2), 53-59.
-------- Corfu island.

* John E, Thomas B, Başbay O, Cebeci Z, Coutsis JG (2018) The arrival of Cacyreus marshalli Butler, 1898 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae) in Crete, with additional notes on range expansion in Greece and along coastal areas of northwestern Turkey. Entomologist's Gazette, 69(2), 85-97.
------- widespread in mainland Greece except in the western part. First report from Crete.

* Martinou AF, Papachristos D, Milonas PG (2011) Report of the Geranium bronze butterfly, cacyreus marshalli for mainland Greece. Hellenic Plant Protection Journal 4(2), 31-34.
-------- First record.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Albania Present, few occurrences view...
Bulgaria Present, restricted distribution view...
North Macedonia Present, no details view...
Türkiye Present, restricted distribution view...