EPPO Global Database

Leptoglossus occidentalis(LEPLOC)

Distribution details in Israel

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2019: Present, few occurrences
First recorded in: 2016
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2018/002) : first observed in 2016-11-12 in Odem, an Israeli settlement in the Northern part of the Golan Heights.

From van der Heyden (2019): on 2019-07-22, a single specimen (damaged but alive) was found in Kfar Masaryk (Northern Israel).

From Handal and Qumsiyeh (2019): also in Palestine. A live specimen was collected from Wadi Al-Makhrour under a pine tree (Pinus halepensis) in September 2018.
References
* Handal EN, Qumsiyeh MB (2019) First record of the Western conifer seed bug, Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann, 1910 (Hemiptera, Coreidae), from Palestine. Jordan Journal of Biological Sciences 12(5), 657-658.

* Van der Heyden T (2019) Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann, 1910 (Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Anisoscelini) in Israel. Revista Chilena de Entomología 45(3), 435-437.

* Van der Heyden T (2018) First record of Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann, 1910 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Anisoscelini) in the Golan Heights. Revista gaditana de Entomología 9(1), 1-3.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Lebanon Present, restricted distribution view...