EPPO Global Database

Harmonia axyridis(HARNAX)

Distribution details in Spain

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2020: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2003
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2009/194) : deliberately introduced in 1996, first found in the wild in 2003. Few specimens found in 2006 in Pais Vasco probably originating from France or imported goods entering the nearby Bilbao airport.
References
* Brown PMJ, Adriaens T, Bathon H, Cuppen J, Goldarazena, Hägg T, Kenis M, Klausnitzer BEM, Kovář I, Loomans AJM, Majerus MEN, Nedved O, Pedersen J, Rabitsch W, Roy HE, Ternois V, Zakharov IA, Roy DB (2008) Harmonia axyridis in Europe: spread and distribution of a non-native coccinellid. BioControl 53(1), 5-21.

* Brown PMJ, Thomas CE, Lombaert E, Jeffries DL, Estoup A, Lawson Handley LJ (2011) The global spread of Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): distribution, dispersal and routes of invasion. BioControl 56(4), 623-641.

* Honek A, Brown PMJ, Martinkova Z, Skuhrovec J, Brabec M, Burgio G, Evans EW, Fournier M, Grez AA, Kulfan J et al. (2020) Factors determining variation in colour morph frequencies in invasive Harmonia axyridis populations. Biological Invasions 22, 2049–2062. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-020-02238-0

* Pons X, Roca M, Lumbierres B, Lucas E (2015) Characterization of the newly established aggregation of the invasive ladybeetle Harmonia axyridis and current status of the invader in Spain. Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research 13, 1–11.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
France Corse Present, no details view...
France Present, restricted distribution view...
Portugal Azores Present, no details view...
Portugal Present, no details view...