EPPO Global Database

Cephalcia lariciphila(CEPCAL)

Distribution details in United Kingdom

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2002: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1960s
From CABI Pest map 733 (2010): Present, restricted distribution
From NPPO: Present, restricted distribution
Comments
Occurs in many larch forests in Southern England and Wales, also found in Scotland. EU protected zone status for Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Jersey.
References
* Anon. (1982) Report, Forestry Commission, United Kingdom vii + 80 pp.

* Billany DJ, Winter TG, Gauld ID (1985) The web-spinning larch sawfly, Cephalcia lariciphila Wachtl . (Hymenoptera: Pamphiliidae). A new pest of Larix in England and Wales. Bulletin of Entomological Research 75(2), 267-274.
------- Outbreak between 1972 and 1978 in forests in England and Wales.

* NPPO of the United Kingdom (1993).

* Phillips DH (1978) Forest Record No. 116, 22 pp.

* Pschorn-Walcher H (1982) [Suborder Symphyta, sawflies]. In: Die Forstschälinge Europas. 4. Hautflüger und Zweiflüger (Ed. By Schwenke, W.). Paul Parey, Hamburg, Germany.

* Viitasaari M (2002) The Northern European taxa of Pamphiliidae (Hymenoptera). In: Viitasaar M (ed.) (2002) Sawflies (Hymenoptera, Symphyta) I. A review of the suborder, the Western Palaearctic taxa of Xyeloidea and Pamphilioidea. Tremex Press Lt., Helsinki, 235-259.