EPPO Global Database

Garella musculana(ERSHMU)

Distribution details in Italy

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2022
Pest status declared by NPPO: Transient, actionable, under surveillance (2022-01)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2022/034) : one specimen found in a trap in October 2021 in a private garden (in the municipality of Venezia - Mestre, Veneto region). Under surveillance.

EPPO Reporting Service (2023/162) : found in Veneto region (in 70 sites) and signs of presence were detected in Emilia Romagna. Mainly collected from Juglans regia and to a lesser extent from J. nigra. Established in North-Eastern Italy.
References
* NPPO of Italy (2022-01).

* Scaccini D, Bramuzzo D, Bostancı C, Faccoli M, Martinez-Sañudo I, Matov A, Zilli A, Pozzebon A (2022) First report of Garella musculana (Erschov, 1874) (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) in Italy with insights into its identity. Journal of Applied Entomology (early view). https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.13099
------- Adult specimens trapped in 2021 in Veneto region. G. musculana larvae and damage also observed on a plantation of Juglans regia in Veneto in October 2021.

* Zanolli P, Scaccini D, Pozzebon A (2023) New insights into the distribution and spreading of the Asian walnut moth, Garella musculana (Erschov, 1874) (Lepidoptera, Nolidae) in Europe with a focus on the Italian range. Biodiversity Data Journal 11, e107609. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e107609