EPPO Global Database

Leptoglossus occidentalis(LEPLOC)

Distribution details in Spain (Islas Baleares)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2019: Present, no details
Comments
First specimen was found in August 2010 in Menorca (Son Parc, Mercadal).

According to van der Heyden (2019): it occurs in Mallorca and Menorca, as well as in Fomentera (first observed in 2019).
References
* 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).

* van der Heyden (2019) Recent records of Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann, 1910 on the Balearic Islands (Spain) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae). Arquivos Entomolóxicos 21, 193-194.
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 Azores Present, no details view...
Portugal Madeira Present, no details view...
Portugal Present, widespread view...