Leptoglossus occidentalis(LEPLOC)
Distribution details in Malta
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2010: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2004
First recorded in: 2004
The first specimen was found in 2010-12-10 in Ghadira Nature Reserve when a small group of trees were being loaded out of a container arriving from Italy. Other specimens were then found in other locations.
* Sciberras A, Sciberras J (2010) Additions to the Heteroptera Fauna of the Maltese Islands (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Coreidae). The Central Mediterranean Naturalist 5(2), 50-54.