EPPO Global Database

Phoracantha recurva(PHOARE)

Distribution details in Italy (Sardegna)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2012: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2003
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2007/194) : first found in 2003 in Sardinia and Southern Italy (Apulia), and later in Sicilia (2005), and Calabria (2006).
References
* Mazzeo G, Siscaro G (2007) [Phoracantha recurva on Eucalyptus in Sicily.] Informatore Fitopatologico no. 3, 35-37 (in Italian).

* Pantaleoni RA, Cesaroni C, Cossu S, Deliperi S, Fadda L, Fois X, Lentini A, Loi A, Loru L, Molinu A, Nuvoli MT, Ramassini W, Sassu A, Serra G, Verdinelli M (2012) Impact of alien insect pests on Sardinian landscape and culture. Biodiversity Journal 3(4), 297-310.

* 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...