EPPO Global Database

Ricania speculum(RICASC)

Distribution details in Italy

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2019: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2009
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2015/172) :first found in 2009 in Liguria. Established in several coastal municipalities (Genova, Carasco, Casarza Ligure, Chiavari, Cogorno, Lavagna, Sestri Levante). Also found near Savona in 2015.

From Galetto et al. (2019): established in Liguria, widespread in Toscana, and reported from Lazzio, Piemonte and Veneto. Its potential role in transmitting flavescence dorée is considered to be negligible.
References
* Galetto L, Pegoraro M, Marzachi C, Rossi E, Lucchi A, Bosco D (2019) Potential role of the alien planthopper Ricania speculum as vector of Flavescence dorée phytoplasma. European Journal of Plant Pathology 154(4), 1103-1110.

* Germain JF, Rossi E, Lucchi A (2016) Ricania speculum, un nouvel hémiptère en Méditerranée. Phytoma no. 697, 7-9.

* Mazza G, Pennacchio F, Gargani E, Franceschini I, Roversi PF & Cianferoni F (2014) First report of Ricania speculum (Walker, 1851) in Europe (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Ricaniidae). Zootaxa 3861, 297–300.

* Rossi E, Lucchi A (2015) The Asian planthopper Ricania speculum (Walker) (Homoptera: Ricaniidae) on several crops in Italy: a potential threat to the EPPO region? Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 45(1), 119–122.

* Wilson SW, Rossi E, Lucchi A (2016) Descriptions of the adult genitalia and immatures of the Asian planthopper Ricania speculum (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Ricaniidae) recently introduced to Italy. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 109(6), 899-905.