EPPO Global Database

Cacyreus marshalli(CACYMA)

Distribution details in Croatia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2017: Present, widespread
First recorded in: 2008
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2009/214) : presence reported without any further details.

EPPO Reporting Service (2014/116) : first found in 2008 on the island of Lošinj. More recent studies have shown that the pest has continued to spread southwards along the Adriatic coast.
References
* Kosmac M, Verovnik R (2009) First record of Cacyreus marshalli (Lycaenidae) from the Balkan Peninsula. Nota lepidopterologica 32(1), 81-82 (abst.).

* Kučinic M, Koren T, Mihoci I, Vukovic M, Bukovec D, Jakovljevic T, Jenčic S (2013) Can spreading of the geranium bronze Cacyreus marshalli (Butler, 1898) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) in Croatia be assigned to climate change? Periodicum Biologorum 115 (3) 429-433.

* Kučinic M, Pelic D, Vajdic M, Gjurasin B (2009) An interesting specimen of Leptidea duponcheli (Staudinger, 1871) in the central butterfly collection of the Croatian natural history museum in Zagreb. Entomologia Croatica 13(1), 95-100.

* Langourov SM, Simov NP (2017) New data on the expansion of the geranium bronze,Cacyreus marshalli Butler, 1898 (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) in the Eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula, with some biological notes. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Suppl. 9: 301-304.
------- map available showing the presence all along the coast.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Bosnia and Herzegovina Present, no details view...
Montenegro Present, no details view...
Serbia Present, few occurrences view...
Slovenia Present, restricted distribution view...