EPPO Global Database

Cameraria ohridella(LITHOD)

Distribution details in United Kingdom

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2014: Present, restricted distribution
From CABI Pest map 641 (2003): Present, few occurrences
From NPPO: Present, few occurrences
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2003/060) : first found in England, at Wimbledon (SW London).

It then spread rapidly, and it is present across most of south-central England, East Anglia and the Midlands.
References
* Anon (2002) Royal Horticultural Society News. http://www.rhs.org.uk/news/newtop10pests.asp
------- First record, Wimbledon, London, July 2002.

* Augustin S, Guichard S, Heitland W, Freise J Stavos A, Gilbert M (2009) Monitoring and dispersal of the invading Gracillariidae Cameraria ohridella. Journal of Applied Entomology 133, 58-66.

* INTERNET
Forestry Research. Horse chestnut leaf miner - Cameraria ohridella. https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/pest-and-disease-resources/horse-chestnut-leaf-miner-cameraria-ohridella/

* NHM (2002).
------- Wimbledon, London.

* NPPO of the United Kingdom (2002).

* Pocock MJO, Evans DM (2014) The success of the horse-chestnut leaf-miner, Cameraria ohridella, in the UK revealed with hypothesis-led citizen science. PlosONE 9(1), e86226.