EPPO Global Database

Phoracantha recurva(PHOARE)

Distribution details in Italy

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2011: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2003
From CABI Pest map 721 (2009): Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2007/194) : first found in 2003 in Sardinia and Southern Italy (Apulia), and later in Sicilia (2005), and Calabria (2006).

EPPO Reporting Service (2011/003) : found in Lazio (2010).
References
* NPPO of Italy (2010-05).

* Mazzeo G, Siscaro G (2007) [Phoracantha recurva on Eucalyptus in Sicily.] Informatore Fitopatologico no. 3, 35-37 (in Italian).

* Palmeri V, Campolo O (2006) [On the presence of Phoracantha recurva and Phoracantha semipunctata F. (Coleoptera Cerambycidae) in Calabria.] Bolletino di Zoologia Agraria e di Bachicoltura Serie II 38(3), 251-254 (in Italian).

* Sama G (2011) The Cerambycidae of Marganai and Montimannu (SW Sardinia) (Coleoptera). Conservazione Habitat Invertebrati 5, 543-552.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
France Present, few occurrences view...