EPPO Global Database

Chilo partellus(CHILZO)

Distribution details in Türkiye

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2014
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2015/101) : first found in autumn 2014 during a survey in maize fields in the East Mediterranean region of Turkey (Adana, Hatay and Osmaniye provinces).

EPPO Reporting Service (2023/201) : dominant species in the Mediterranean region.
References
*Achiri TD, Atakan E, Pehlivan S (2022) Invasive maize spotted stem borer Chilo partellus Swinhoe 1885 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) is the dominant pest in maize agro-system in the Mediterranean Region of Turkey. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 25(4), 101972. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aspen.2022.101972

* Bayram A, Tonğa A (2015) First report of Chilo partellus in Turkey, a new invasive maize pest for Europe. Journal of Applied Entomology. doi: 10.1111/jen.12232

* Öztemİz S, Akmeșe V (2018) An invasive pest in maize of Mersin: Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1885)(Lepidoptera: Crambidae). KSÜ Tarim ve Doga Dergisi 21(4), 489-491.