EPPO Global Database

Halyomorpha halys(HALYHA)

Distribution details in Spain

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2016
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, only in some parts of the Member State concerned (2019-06)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2017/093) : 1 specimen found in the University Campus in Girona, Cataluña, in September 2016.

EPPO Reporting Service (2018/152) : numerous specimens found in Cataluña during 2017.

From NPPO (2019): detected in numerous municipalities in Cataluña (province of Barcelona, Girona, Tarragona). Mainly in urban environment. No damage on plants but considered as a nuisance when it enters buildings to overwinter.

EPPO Reporting Service (2023/055) : also present in Tenerife (first found in 2021 in a urban environment in Costa Adeje).
References
* Anonymous (2018) Halyomorpha halys, una nueva plaga que afecta los cultivos en Cataluña. Phytoma-España no. 299, p 4.

* Dioli P, Leo P, Maistrello L (2016) [First records in Spain and Sardinia of the alien species Halyomorpha halys (Stål, 1855), with notes on its distribution in Europe (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae)]. Revista gaditana de Entomología 7(1), 539-548 (in Italian and Spanish).

* NPPO of Spain (2019-06).

* van der Heyden T, Petrovan S (2023) New records of Heteroptera from the Canary Islands (Spain), II. Arquivos Entomolóxicos 26, 109-111.
------ First record for Islas Canarias (Tenerife).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
France Present, widespread view...
Morocco Present, restricted distribution view...
Portugal Madeira Present, no details view...
Portugal Present, widespread view...