EPPO Global Database

Ophelimus maskelli(OPHEMA)

Distribution details in Spain

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2009: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2003
From CABI Pest map 757 (2011): Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2006/188) : first record in Spain.

EPPO Reporting Service (2010/058) : widespread in the South of Spain (Andalucía, Cataluña Comunidad Valenciana, Extremadura, Madrid, Murcia) and also present in Baleares.

Also in Canarias (Malumphy, 2018).
References
* Borrajo P, Lopez MA, Oceta R, Lopez G, Ruiz F (2008) [First report of Cloereocerus chamaeleon Girault (Hymnoptera, Eulophidae), parasitoid of Ophelimus maskelli Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Eulophildae) in Huelva (SW Spain). Boletin de Sanidad Vegetal. Plagas, 34(3), 383-385 (in Spanish).
------- Province of Huelva, Andalucia.

* Llorens Climent JM (2009) Relación de nuevas plagas de cultivos encontradas en España en los últimos diez años. Phytoma España no. 212, 50-56.

* Malumphy C (2018) First record of Eucalyptus leaf gall wasp, Ophelimus maskelli (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), an invasive pest of Eucalyptus spp., in the Canary Islands. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 154(3), 213-216 (abst.).
------- Islas Canarias.

* Pujade-Villar J, Riba-Flinch JM (2004) [Two Australian eulophids, very harmful to Eucalyptus spp., introduced into the north-east of the Iberian Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae).]. Boletin SEA no. 35, 299-301.
------- In the north-east.

* Sanchez I (2003) Descubiertas dos nuevas plagas del Eucalipto en España. Wuercus 214, 32-33.
------- First record in Jerez de la Frontera (provinces of Cadiz, Sevilla and Huelva - Andalucia).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
France Corse Present, no details view...
France Present, restricted distribution view...
Gibraltar Present, no details view...
Morocco Present, widespread view...
Portugal Present, restricted distribution view...