EPPO Global Database

Philaenus spumarius(PHILSU)

Distribution details in Reunion

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Absent, pest no longer present
First recorded in: 1998
Comments
Reported once, on strawberries in 1998 but, in the absence of later reports, seems not to have become established.
References
* Quilici S, Reynaud B, Bonfils J (1998) Sur deux espèces d’Hémiptères Auchénorrhynques, nouvelles pour la Réunion et d’importance économique potentielle. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 103(4), 369-372. https://agritrop.cirad.fr/401125/

* Thompson V, Harkin C, Stewart AJ (2023) The most polyphagous insect herbivore? Host plant associations of the Meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius (L.). Plos one 18(10), e0291734. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291734
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
France Present, no details view...
France Corse Present, no details view...