EPPO Global Database

Trichoferus campestris(HESOCA)

Distribution details in Germany

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2017: Present, few occurrences
First recorded in: 2016
Eradication in: 2017
Pest status declared by NPPO: Absent, pest eradicated (2017-06)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2016/164) : first found in July 2016, several beetles were observed in a residential building in Wilhelmshaven (Lower Saxony). Pest status remains to be determined.

EPPO Reporting Service (2017/130) : German NPPO considers that the pest has now been eradicated.

EPPO Reporting Service (2021/132) : in October 2017, two specimens (a male and a female) of T. campestris were caught in a trap near Breisach (Baden-Württemberg), and a another one was found in a residential building in Neckarweihingen (Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg). Establishment remains to be demonstrated.
References
* Bense U (2017) Trichoferus campestris (Faldermann, 1835) – eine auch in Baden-Württemberg neu auftretende Bockkäferart (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). Mitteilungen Entomologisher Verein Stuttgart 52(2), 85-88.

* NPPO of Germany (2016-08, 2017-06).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Austria Absent, intercepted only view...
Belgium Absent, pest no longer present view...
Czechia Present, few occurrences view...
France Absent, intercepted only view...
Netherlands Absent, intercepted only view...
Poland Present, no details view...