EPPO Global Database

Metcalfa pruinosa(METFPR)

Distribution details in Bulgaria

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2016: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2004
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2009/055) : observed for the first time in 2004, near Plovdiv, on Thuja occidentalis.
References
* Gjonov I, Shishiniova M (2014) Alien Auchenorrhyncha (Insecta, Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha and Cicadomorpha) to Bulgaria. Bulgarian Journal of Agricultural Science 20, 151-156.
------- Black Sea coast.

* Pencheva A, Yovkova M (2016) New data on alien insect pests of ornamental plants in Bulgaria. Forestry Ideas 22(1), 17-33.
------- Found outdoors in private gardens and city parks, in several localities (Balchik, Nessebar, Petrich, Shabla, Varna).

* Trenchev G, Ivanova I, Nicolov P, Trencheva K (2007) [Metcalfa pruinosa (Say, 1830) (Homoptera: Flatidae) – A species new to the Bulgarian fauna]. Plant Science 44(3), 195-198 (in Bulgarian).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Greece Present, restricted distribution view...
Romania Present, no details view...
Serbia Present, no details view...