Eurytoma plotnikovi(EURTPL)
Distribution details in Italy (Sicilia)
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2023: Present, restricted distribution
EPPO Reporting Service (2012/092) : first identified in spring 2011 in the central-western part of Sicilia on pistachio nuts (Pistacia vera).
From Bonsignore (2023): initially found in Southwestern Sicilia, it has spread to all pistachio-growing areas and has replaced the previously occurring seed-feeding wasp, Megastigmus pistaciae.
From Bonsignore (2023): initially found in Southwestern Sicilia, it has spread to all pistachio-growing areas and has replaced the previously occurring seed-feeding wasp, Megastigmus pistaciae.
* Bonsignore CP (2023) Replacement of Megastigmus pistaciae Walker (Hymenoptera: Megastigmidae) by Eurytoma plotnikovi Nikol’skaya (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) in pistachio orchards in southern Italy. Phytoparasitica 51(5), 1087-1093.
-------- The introduced and invasive Eurtyoma plotnikovi has replaced Megastigmus pistaciae in pistacio orchards in Sicilia.
* Longo S, Suma P (2011) First report of Eurytoma plotnikovi Nik. (Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae), a seed parasite of pistachio, in Sicily (Italy). Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research, Serie II 43(3), 333-336.
-------- The introduced and invasive Eurtyoma plotnikovi has replaced Megastigmus pistaciae in pistacio orchards in Sicilia.
* Longo S, Suma P (2011) First report of Eurytoma plotnikovi Nik. (Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae), a seed parasite of pistachio, in Sicily (Italy). Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research, Serie II 43(3), 333-336.
| Country | State | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | Present, restricted distribution |