Trachymela sloanei(TCMLSL)
Distribution details in Spain
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2022: Present, restricted distribution
EPPO Reporting Service (2016/101) : first found in 2014 in Jerez de la Frontera (province of Cádiz, Andalucía) under the bark of a large eucalyptus tree. Further specimens were found in 2015 in other localities of the province of Cádiz on Eucalyptus camaldulensis.
According to Pérez-Gómez et al. (2022): specimens found in Andalucía (Almería, Cádiz, Córdoba, Huelva, Málaga, Sevilla), Cáceres (Extremadura), and Madrid during studies conducted in the early 2020s.
According to Pérez-Gómez et al. (2022): specimens found in Andalucía (Almería, Cádiz, Córdoba, Huelva, Málaga, Sevilla), Cáceres (Extremadura), and Madrid during studies conducted in the early 2020s.
* Pérez-Gómez Á, Robla J, Barreda JM, Rodríguez G, Amarillo JM (2022) Updating new invasions: The Australian tortoise beetle Trachymela sloanei (Blackburn, 1897) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in the Iberian Peninsula. Journal of Applied Entomology 146, 1217–1223. https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.13086
* Sánchez I, Amarillo JM, Molina D (2015) [First records of Trachymela sloanei (Blackburn, 1897) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) in Europe]. Revista gaditana de Entomología VI(1), 127-130.
* Sánchez I, Amarillo JM, Molina D (2015) [First records of Trachymela sloanei (Blackburn, 1897) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) in Europe]. Revista gaditana de Entomología VI(1), 127-130.
| Country | State | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | Present, restricted distribution |