EPPO Global Database

Leptoglossus occidentalis(LEPLOC)

Distribution details in Ireland

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2019: Present, no details
Comments
First specimens found in 2010 in a hardware store near Wexford in 2010 and in Dublin in 2013.
References
* Foley S, McCormack S (2013) Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann (Hemiptera, Coreidae) new to Ireland. The Irish Naturalists' Journal 33(1), 66-67.

* van der Heyden (2019) Summarized data on the European distribution of Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann (Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Anisoscelini). Revista Chilena de Entomología 45(3), 499-502.