Leptinotarsa decemlineata(LPTNDE)
Distribution details in United States of America
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
1992: Present, widespread
First recorded in: 1811
From CABI Pest map 139 (2003): Present, widespread
First recorded in: 1811
From CABI Pest map 139 (2003): Present, widespread
From NPPO: Present, widespread
Probably indigenous in western USA (Colorado and New Mexico); first collected from wild Solanaceae at what is now the border between Nebraska and Iowa in 1811, described in 1824 in the western states. Reached the Atlantic coast in 1874.
Arnett (1993) gives it as now present in all his zones of mainland USA.
Arnett (1993) gives it as now present in all his zones of mainland USA.
* Arnett RH Jr. (1993) American Insects : A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Sandhill Crane Press. Gainesville, Florida, 850 pp.
* Casagrande, R. A. (1985) Bulletin of the Entomological Society of America 31 (2), 27-29.
* Ruberson, J. R.; Tauber, M. J.; Tauber, C. A.; Gollands, B. (1991) Ecological Entomology 16 (1), 81-89.
* Casagrande, R. A. (1985) Bulletin of the Entomological Society of America 31 (2), 27-29.
* Ruberson, J. R.; Tauber, M. J.; Tauber, C. A.; Gollands, B. (1991) Ecological Entomology 16 (1), 81-89.
| Country | State | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | Present, restricted distribution | ||
| Canada | Prince Edward Island | Present, no details | |
| Canada | Québec | Present, no details | |
| Canada | Alberta | Present, no details | |
| Canada | British Columbia | Present, restricted distribution | |
| Canada | Nova Scotia | Present, no details | |
| Canada | Saskatchewan | Present, no details | |
| Canada | Manitoba | Present, no details | |
| Canada | New Brunswick | Present, no details | |
| Canada | Ontario | Present, no details | |
| Mexico | Present, widespread |