EPPO Global Database

Leptoglossus occidentalis(LEPLOC)

Distribution details in Portugal

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Present, widespread
First recorded in: 2010
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2011/203) : first found in 2010 in a pine forest near Setubal.

Also in Madeira and the Azores (EPPO Reporting Service (2024/234) ).
References
* Bella S, Aguiar AF (2020) Non-native insect pests from the Madeira archipelago (Portugal): new records and further data (Insecta: Orthoptera; Thysanoptera; Hemiptera; Coleoptera; Diptera; Lepidoptera; Hymenoptera). Fragmenta Entomologica 52(2), 369-376. https://doi.org/10.13133/2284-4880/469
------- Madeira and Porto Santo islands.

* 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.

* Sousa E, Naves P (2011) The Western conifer seed bug Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann, 1910 (Heteroptera: Coreidae) in Portugal. Boletίn de Sanidad Vegetal 37(1), 65-67.

* van der Heyden T (2024) First record of Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann, 1910 (Heteroptera: Coreidae) from the Azores (Portugal). Arquivos Entomolóxicos 30, 249-250.
------- Faial Island (Azores).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Spain Islas Baleares Present, no details view...
Spain Islas Canárias Present, no details view...
Spain Present, widespread view...