EPPO Global Database

Scyphophorus acupunctatus(SCYPIN)

Distribution details in Spain

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2019: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2007
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2010/058) : first found in 2007 in the province of Barcelona, it is present in Cataluña and Comunidad Valenciana.

EPPO Reporting Service (2014/100) : Agave americana is considered to be an invasive plant in Spain, and S. acupunctatus could help in reducing the plant populations (plant mortality is high).

From Martín-Taboada et al. (2019): surveys showed that it has spread along the coast in Cataluña, Comunidad Valenciana, Murcia and Andalucia.
References
* Deltoro V, Torres C, Pérez P, Jiménez J (2014) Dispersal, impact and use of the three fortuitously arrived parasites in the control of invasive exotic plants in Valencia. Abstract of the 4th International Symposium on Environmental Weeds and Invasive Plants, Montpellier (FR), 2014-06-19-23.

* Molina Molina D (2013) [Contribution to the knowledge of the current distribution of the invasive species Scyphophorus acupunctatus Gyllenhal, 1838 (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae) in the Iberian Peninsula]. Revista gaditana de Entomología 4(1), 11-16.
------- Map showing the distribution in Spain (3 main foci: Barcelona province, Murcia and southern part of Alicante province, northern part of Alicante province).

* Llorens Climent JM (2009) Relación de nuevas plagas de cultivos encontradas en España en los últimos diez años. Phytoma España no. 212, 50-56.

* Martín-Taboada A, Muñoz AR, Díaz-Ruiz F (2019) Updating the distribution of the exotic agave weevil Scyphophorus acupunctatus Gyllenhal, 1838 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in peninsular Spain. Anales de Biología 41, 49-53.

* Riba i Flinch JM, Alonso Zarazaga MA (2007) [The agave snout weevil or sisal weevil, Scyphophorus acupunctatus Gyllenhal, 1838 (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae): first record from the Iberian Peninsula]. Boletín Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 41, 419-422 (in Spanish).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
France Corse Present, no details view...
France Present, few occurrences view...
Portugal Madeira Present, no details view...
Portugal Present, restricted distribution view...