EPPO Global Database

Dryocosmus kuriphilus(DRYCKU)

Distribution details in Portugal

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: 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.
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

* 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...