EPPO Global Database

Thaumastocoris peregrinus(THMCPE)

Distribution details in Reunion

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2020: Present, no details
Comments
First found in 2013 and 2014 in several localities.
References
* Streito JC, Matocq A, Legros V, Genson G, Pierre E, Pluot Sigwalt D (2016) Présence sur l’île de la Réunion de l’espèce invasive Thaumastocoris peregrinus Carpintero & Dellapé, 2006 (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Thaumastocoridae) . Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France, 121 (1), 65-72.

* Wondafrash M, Slippers B, Nambazimana A, Kayumba I, Nibouche S, van der Lingen S, Asfaw BA, Jenya H, Mutitu EK, Makowe IA, Chungu D, Kiwuso P, Kulimushi E, Razafindrakotomamonjy A, Bosu PP, Sookar P, Hurley BP (2020) Distribution and genetic diversity of five invasive pests of Eucalyptus in sub-Saharan Africa. Biological Invasions 22, 2205–2221.