EPPO Global Database

Garella musculana(ERSHMU)

Distribution details in Türkiye

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2019: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2015
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2019/008) : first found in 2015 in the province of Bartin (Black Sea region).

From Yoğurtcu et al. (2018): during surveys it was first found near Bartin on an area of approximately 120.000 ha. From July to September 2017, the pest was observed in about 140 sites. Considered to be a threat to walnut fruit production.
References
* Yıldız Y, Ayberk H (2019) The first parasitoid record of Garella musculana (Nolidae, Lepidoptera) from Turkey; Pimpla spuria (Ichneumonidae, Hymenoptera). Applied Ecology and Environmental Research 17(2), 3427-3431.

* Yıldız Y, Yıldırım İ, Bostancı C, Aydoğan O (2018) [Erschoviella musculana Erschoff 1874, a new record and a new walnut pest in Turkey]. Journal of Bartin Faculty of Forestry 20(2), 296-302 (in Turkish). http://dergipark.gov.tr/download/article-file/475282

* Yoğurtcu A, Yildirim I, Koca SA, Kaçar G (2018) First detection of Asian walnut pest Garella musculana Erschov (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) in Bartın for Turkey. Proceedings of the International Agriculture Congress (Komrat, MD, 2018-05-03/06), p 97.

* Yoğurcu A, Kaçar G (2022) Management and population dynamics of Garella musculana (Erschov)(Lepidoptera: Nolidae) in newly areas, Turkey. International Journal of Pest Management, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1080/09670874.2022.2076955.
------- serious damage in 2017-2018.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Bulgaria Present, restricted distribution view...
Iran Present, no details view...