EPPO Global Database

Trachymela sloanei(TCMLSL)

Hosts

Important note about the classification of host plants in GD:
Categories have been assigned by the EPPO Secretariat on the basis of available data at the time of entry. They correspond to a qualitative evaluation of the importance of the host plant for the pest concerned and remain indicative only.
Further explanation of categories is available in the guide.
Organism Type
Eucalyptus camaldulensis (EUCCM) Major host
* Gastouniotis G, Kakiopoulos G, Gastouniotis P (2023) First records of Trachymela sloanei (Blackburn, 1896) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) in Greece. Parnassiana Archives 11, 77-79.

* INTERNET
Los Angeles County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office. Australian tortoise beetle (Trachymela sloanei) by N. von Ellenrieder (dated September 2023). https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/dam/sdc/common_components/images/awm/Docs/ipd_austtortbeetle.pdf

* Millar JG, Paine TD, Bethke JA, Garrison RW, Campbell KA, Dreistadt SH (2009) Eucalyptus tortoise beetles. Pest Notes Publication 74104. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, 5 pp. https://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn74104.html

* 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.
Corymbia citriodora (EUCCI) Host
* Millar JG, Paine TD, Bethke JA, Garrison RW, Campbell KA, Dreistadt SH (2009) Eucalyptus tortoise beetles. Pest Notes Publication 74104. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, 5 pp. https://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn74104.html
Corymbia ficifolia (EUCFI) Host
* Millar JG, Paine TD, Bethke JA, Garrison RW, Campbell KA, Dreistadt SH (2009) Eucalyptus tortoise beetles. Pest Notes Publication 74104. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, 5 pp. https://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn74104.html
Corymbia maculata (EUCMA) Host
* Millar JG, Paine TD, Bethke JA, Garrison RW, Campbell KA, Dreistadt SH (2009) Eucalyptus tortoise beetles. Pest Notes Publication 74104. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, 5 pp. https://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn74104.html
Eucalyptus crenulata (EUCCT) Host
* Millar JG, Paine TD, Bethke JA, Garrison RW, Campbell KA, Dreistadt SH (2009) Eucalyptus tortoise beetles. Pest Notes Publication 74104. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, 5 pp. https://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn74104.html
Eucalyptus globulus (EUCGL) Host
* INTERNET
Los Angeles County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office. Australian tortoise beetle (Trachymela sloanei) by N. von Ellenrieder (dated September 2023). https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/dam/sdc/common_components/images/awm/Docs/ipd_austtortbeetle.pdf

* 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
Eucalyptus grandis (EUCGD) Host
* INTERNET
Los Angeles County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office. Australian tortoise beetle (Trachymela sloanei) by N. von Ellenrieder (dated September 2023). https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/dam/sdc/common_components/images/awm/Docs/ipd_austtortbeetle.pdf

* Millar JG, Paine TD, Bethke JA, Garrison RW, Campbell KA, Dreistadt SH (2009) Eucalyptus tortoise beetles. Pest Notes Publication 74104. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, 5 pp. https://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn74104.html
Eucalyptus propinqua (EUCPQ) Host
* Bain J (2009) New records. Forest Health News no. 194. https://www.scionresearch.com/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/3897/fhnewsNo194-April09.pdf
Eucalyptus robusta (EUCRO) Host
* Zhang M, Chen X, Ruan Y, Jiang S, Yang J, Jiang M, Ruan X, Li Y (2020) First report of the invasive Australian tortoise beetle Trachymela sloanei (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae) in Asia. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 23, 442-444.
------- Main host in Shenzhen (Guangdong, China).