EPPO Global Database

Leptoglossus occidentalis(LEPLOC)

Distribution details in Spain

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Present, widespread
First recorded in: 2003
From CABI Pest map 741 (2010): Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2010/009) : the first specimen was captured in Cataluña in 2003, in woodlands located near Barcelona (Vallbona d’Anoia). In 2007 and 2008, the insect was observed in several sites in the provinces of Barcelona and Girona. In 2008, new records were made in Jaén (Andalucía) and in the Comunidad de Madrid.

Also in Guipuzcoa (Pais Vasco - Del Estal et al., 2010) and near Valencia (Comunidad Valenciana - Naya & Aguado, 2012). Then in 11 other provinces, including Baleares (Pérez Valcárcel & Prieto Piloña, 2010) and Islas Canarias (Lugo et al., 2023; van der Heyden, 2023).
References
* Del Estal P, Adán A, Viñuela E, Budia F, Medina P (2010) Problematica de nuevas plagas introducidas en los ultimos años. Phytoma España no. 222, 86-90.

* Farinha AO, Branco M, Courtin C, Lesieur V, Gallego D, Sanchez-Garcia FJ, Sousa E, Roques A, Auger-Rozenberg M-A, Bras A (2023) Another chapter in the history of the European invasion by the Western conifer seed bug, Leptoglossus occidentalis: the Iberian Peninsula. Diversity 15(1), 64. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15010064

* Lugo D, Suarez D, Martin S, Martin AO, Martin A, Ruiz C (2023) First record of Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann, 1910 (Hemiptera, Coreidae) in the Canary Islands, a novel pine pest detected through citizen science in an oceanic archipelago. Biodiversity Data Journal 11, e109851. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e109851

* Naya M, Aguado A (2012) [Monitoring of Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann during 2011 in the Centro Nacional de Recursos Genericos Forestales 'Alaquas' - Valencia]. Boletin de Sanidad Vegetal. Plagas 38, 125-132.

* Pérez Valcárcel J, Prieto Piloña F (2010) [Contribution of photographic records on the internet for faunistic studies: the case of the iberobalearic expansion of the invasive species Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann, 1910 (Hemiptera, Coreidae)]. Arquivos Entomolóxicos 4, 45-52 (in Spanish).

* Ribes J, Escolá Boada O (2003) [Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann, 1910, a Nearctic bug found in Catalonia]. Sessió Conjunta d’Entomologia 43, 47-50 (in Catalan) (abst.).

* Ribes J, Goula M, Pagola-Carte S, Gessé F, Ribes E (2008) [Additions and corrections to the calalogue of heteropterans of Catalonia]. Sessió Conjunta d’Entomologia ICHN-SLC, 13-14[2003-2007], 107-165 (in Catalan).

* van der Heyden T (2023) New records of Heteroptera from the Canary Islands (Spain), VIII. Arquivos Entomolóxicos 27, 99 -100.

* Vázquez MA, Costas M, Outerelo R, Melero-Alcíbar R (2009) [An invasive true bug in the Community of Madrid: Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann, 1910 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae)]. Heteropterus Revista de Entomología 9(1), 49-51 (in Spanish).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Andorra Present, no details view...
France Corse Present, few occurrences view...
France Present, restricted distribution view...
Morocco Present, few occurrences view...
Portugal Madeira Present, no details view...
Portugal Present, widespread view...