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
Czech Republic Present, few occurrences view...
France Absent, intercepted only view...
Poland Present, no details view...