EPPO Global Database

Paysandisia archon(PAYSAR)

Distribution details in France

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2019: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2001
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, only in some parts of the Member State concerned (2019-03)
From CABI Pest map 683 (2006): Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2002/011) and EPPO Reporting Service (2002/096) : first found in 2001 near Hyères (Var). Under official control in Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region.

EPPO Reporting Service (2003/157) : also in Languedoc-Roussillon.

EPPO Reporting Service (2013/041) : also in Aquitaine (Gironde, in 1 Trachycarpus fortunei in a private garden).

Leraut & Martin (2016) considered present in Alpes-Maritimes, Aude, Gard, Hérault, Var and Vaucluse, and it has also spread into in Aquitaine, Bretagne, Midi Pyrénées, Pays de la Loire.

From NPPO (2019): found in Basse-Normandie (Calvados) in a garden center in 1 Chamaerops humilis in January 2019. The plant had been bought in April 2015. The plant was destroyed and the outbreak is considered eradicated.

References
* Anonymous (2012) Phyto région. Paysandisia signalé. Phytoma - La Défense des Végétaux no. 651, p 7.

* Chapin E et al. (2010) Classiques et nouveaux sous l'oeil du réseau. Phytoma - La Défense des Végétaux no. 365, 20-26.
------- Hérault and Var are the most infested departments. Detections made in the western part of France did not lead to establishment.

* INTERNET
Web site of Préfecture du département de l’Hérault. Rubrique du mois - l’agriculture (novembre 2002). http://www.herault.pref.gouv.fr/34/actualites/journal/etatcom_novembre_mois.shtm

* Leraut P & Martin G (2016) Remarque sur la biologie de Paysandisia archon (Burmeister, 1880) (Lepidoptera castniidae). Alexanor 27, 2–4.

* NPPO of France (2002-02, 2019-03).

* Reynaud P, Chapin E, Hostachy B, Drescher J, Blanchon F, Vidal C (2002) Phytoma no. 550, 18-21.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Belgium Absent, pest no longer present view...
Germany Absent, pest eradicated view...
Italy Present, restricted distribution view...
Italy Sicilia Present, no details view...
Spain Present, restricted distribution view...
Spain Islas Baleares Present, no details view...
Switzerland Absent, pest eradicated view...