EPPO Global Database

Oxycarenus lavaterae(OXYALV)

Distribution details in Malta

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2010: Present, no details
First recorded in: 1989
Comments
First found in July 1989 in Salina (Malta). Also found in 2009 in Ghadira on Lavatera cretica (on roadsides).
References
* Carapezza A, Mifsud D (2015) New records of true bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) from the Maltese Islands. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Malta 7, 27-50.

* Cuesta Segura D, Baena Ruiz M, Mifsud D (2010) New records of terrestrial bugs from the Maltese Islands with an updated list of Maltese Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera). Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Malta 3, 19-39.
------- Malta, Gozo.