EPPO Global Database

Leptinotarsa decemlineata(LPTNDE)

Distribution details in Libya

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 1994: Absent, invalid record
Comments
According to personal communication from the Central Science Laboratory (UK), this record, though in a refereed publication, is well known to be mistaken.
References
* Ben Saad, A. A.; Bishop, G. W. (1976) Environmental Entomology 5 (3), 453-457.