EPPO Global Database

Cephalcia lariciphila(CEPCAL)

Distribution details in United Kingdom (England)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2002: Present, restricted distribution
From CABI Pest map 733 (2010): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
Occurs in many larch forests in Southern England and Wales.
References
* 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.

* Borden JH, Billany DJ, Bradshaw JWS,Edwards M, Baker R, Evans DA (1978) Ecological Entomology 3(1), 13-23.
------- Wales.

* Don BAC (1979) Journal of Zoology 188(2), 290-294.
------- The pest has been widespread at Margam Forest, South Wales, since 1972.

* Georgis R, Hague NGM (1979) Plant Pathology 28(2), 98-99.
------- The pest was uncommon in the UK until 1972, when an outbreak occurred in South Wales.

* 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.