EPPO Global Database

Gonipterus scutellatus species complex(GONPSC)

Distribution details in Chile

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2020: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1990s
From CABI Pest map 344 (2010): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2000/006) : present in provinces of Los Andes and San Felipe in region V.

According to Herta-Fuentes et al. (2008), it has spread through the IV to IX Regions (on more than 525 000 of eucalyptus).
References
* Anon. (2006) Informativo Fitosanitario Forestal, Servicio Agricola y Ganadero, 3. Ministero de Agricultura, Santiago, Chile, 4 pp.
------- Detected in region VI, Region Metropolitana (provincia de Santiago) and region IX in 2005. In previous years, the distribution of the pest included regions IV, V, VII, VIII and the province of Chacabuco in Region Metropolitana.

* Estay S, Araya JE, Guerrero MA (2002) Boletin de Sanidad Vegetal, Plagas 28 (3), 391-397.
------- San Felipe.

* Huerta-Fuentes A, Chiffelle-Gomez I, Serrano-Garzon M, Vazquez-Silva T, Araya-Clericus J (2008) Susceptibility of eucalyptus species to Gonipterus scutellatus and electrophoretic profiles of adult marker proteins. Agrociencia (Montecillo). 42: 3, 327-334.

* Lanfranco D, Dungey HS (2001) Insect damage in Eucalyptus: a review of plantations in Chile. Austral Ecology 26(5), 477-481 (abst.)
------- First found in the late 1990s.

* Schröder ML, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Hurley BP (2020) Invasion history and management of Eucalyptus snout beetles in the Gonipterus scutellatus species complex. Journal of Pest Science 93(1), 11-25.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Argentina Present, no details view...