Lespedeza cuneata(LESCU)
Distribution details in Belgium
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2023: Absent, pest eradicated
First recorded in: 2022
First recorded in: 2022
EPPO Reporting Service (2024/022) : in 2022, L. cuneata was recorded on the bank of the Vesdre river in Goffontaine in Eastern Belgium. A single non-flowering individual was observed and subsequently removed.
* Verloove F, Gonggrijp S, Valentini S, Dana ED (2023) The first European record of Lespedeza cuneata (Fabaceae), an invasive alien species of Union concern. BioInvasions Records 12(4), 899-908. https://www.reabic.net/journals/bir/2023/4/BIR_2023_Verloove_etal.pdf