EPPO Global Database

Gonipterus platensis(GONPPL)

Distribution details in Spain

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Present, no details
First recorded in: 1991
Comments
Introduced. First found in Galicia in 1991. Now present across the Iberian peninsula. In the cornisa cantábrica (northern Spain from Galicia to Pais Vasco), annual losses are estimated at 235 000 000 euros for the forestry and paper industry.
References
* Anonymous (2019) Gonipterus provoca unas pérdidas de 235 milliones de euros en la cornisa cantabrica. Phytoma-Espana no. 321, 22-23.

* Garcia S (2021) Presencia de dos especies de gorgojos alóctonos: Gonipterus platensis (Marelli, 1926) y Naupactus cervinus Boheman, 1840 en el área metropolitana de Sevilla (España)(Coleoptera, Curculionidae). Boletín de la Asociación española deEntomología 45 (3-4), 325-328

* Mapondera TS, Burgess T, Matsuki M, Oberprieler RG (2012) Identification and molecular phylogenetics of the cryptic species of the Gonipterus scutellatus complex (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Gonipterini). Australian Journal of Entomology 51, 175–188.

* Mascaró M, de Castro AJ, Núñez L, Riba-Flinch JM (2023) Primera detección del gorgojo de los eucaliptos, Gonipterus platensis (Marelli, 1926)(Coleoptera: Curculionidae), en las Islas Baleares (España). Bolletí de la Societat d'Història Natural de les Balears 66, 149-156.
------- Baleares.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Portugal Present, no details view...