EPPO Global Database

Dryocosmus kuriphilus(DRYCKU)

Distribution details in Portugal

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2024: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2014
From CABI Pest map 677 (2015): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2014/103) : first found in May 2014 in the municipality of Barcelos, Northwestern Portugal, under official control.

Also found in the Azores on Terceira Island.
References
* Amorim A, Rodrigues R, Nunes LNR, Freitas M, Moura L (2022) Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) in Minho (Northern Portugal): Bioecology, native parasitoid communities and biological control with Torymus sinensis Kamijo (Hymenoptera: Torymidae). Agronomy 12(9), 2184. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12092184

* Balsa C, Bento A, Paparella F (2021) Biological control of the Asian chestnut gall wasp in Portugal: Insights from a mathematical model. PLoS One 16(7), e0254193. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254193

* Boieiro M, Varga-Szilay Z, Costa R, Crespo L, Leite A, Oliveira R, Pozsgai G, Rego C, Calado H, Teixeira M, Lopes DH, Soares A, Borges PAV (2024) New findings of terrestrial arthropods from the Azorean Islands. Biodiversity Data Journal 12, e136391. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e136391
------- Azores (Terceira Island).

* Franquinho Aguiar AM, Cravo D, Dantas LMF, da Vieira Luz TM (2022) The oriental chestnut gall-wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu, 1951, (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) and its introduced and native parasitoids in Madeira Island, Portugal, with notes on some other parasitic Hymenoptera reared from gall samples. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 158(3), 175-190 (abst.).
------- Also in Madeira.

* NPPO of Portugal (2014-06).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Spain Present, restricted distribution view...