EPPO Global Database

Paropsisterna selmani(PSISSE)

Distribution details in Australia (Tasmania)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2013: Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2015/151) : in 2015 an infestation was found on several species of Eucalyptus in a botanical garden in Surrey (Southeastern England). However, one unconfirmed photo of the beetle was taken in a garden in London in 2012.
References
* Reid CA, de Little DW (2013) A new species of Paropsisterna Motschulsky, 1860, a significant pest of plantation eucalypts in Tasmania and Ireland (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae). Zootaxa 3681(4), 395-404.