EPPO Global Database

Halyomorpha halys(HALYHA)

Distribution details in United Kingdom

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2024: Present, restricted distribution
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present: not widely distributed and not under official control (2024-09)
Comments
From Malumphy (2014): 2 live adults were observed in 2010 in London associated with passenger luggage (flown from USA). Intercepted again in 2013 on a consignment of stone from China.

From Cianferoni et al. (2019): 1 adult specimen was photographed in in a zoo (Farnham, England) in April 2019. However, establishment remains to be confirmed.

From Powell et al. (2021): sentinel pheromone traps deployed in England and Wales caught no H. halys during 2018 and 2019, but two adult males (in Essex and London) were caught during August 2020. Not yet considered established, but it might soon become established in parts of England, in particular the London area (with the urban heat island effect).

EPPO Reporting Service (2024/183) : a first breeding population has been found in Southeastern England.
References
* Cianferoni F, Graziani F, Dioli P, Ceccolini F (2018) Review of the occurrence of Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) in Italy, with an update of its European and World distribution. Biologia 73(6), 599–607.

* Cianferoni F, Graziani F, Ceccolini F (2019) The unstoppable march of Halyomorpha halys: new first country records (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae). Spixiana 42(1), p 60.

* Malumphy C (2014) Second interception of Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in Britain. Het News 21, 4–5.

* NPPO of the United Kingdom (2024-09).

* Powell G, Barclay MVL, Couch Y, Evans KA (2021) Current invasion status and potential for UK establishment of the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) British Journal of Entomology & Natural History 34(1):9-21