EPPO Global Database

Platynota stultana(PLAAST)

Distribution details in Italy

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Present, few occurrences
First recorded in: 2020
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2023/058) : first caught in a light trap in 2020. Monitoring surveys in 2022 in Puglia detected 11 specimens in traps. Not clear if established.
References
* Trematerra P (2022) New taxa for the Italian Lepidoptera Tortricidae fauna. Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research 54, 10419. https://doi.org/10.4081/jear.2022.10419
------- 1 specimen in a light trap in Apulia in August and September 2020.

* Trematerra P, Colacci M (2022) Platynota stultana Walsingham, 1884 (Lepidoptera Tortricidae) found in Italy, invasive pest in Europe. Redia 105, 183-189. http://dx.doi.org/10.19263/REDIA-105.22.23
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
France Transient view...