EPPO Global Database

Toumeyella parvicornis(TOUMPA)

Distribution details in Italy

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2024: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2014
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, only in some parts of the Member State concerned (2024-05)
Comments
First found in autumn 2014 in several municipalities of Campania region (in Naples and neighboring municipalities), infesting Pinus pinea in urban environments.

From NPPO (2018): also found in 2018, in the city of Roma (Lazio) on Pinus pinea.

EPPO Reporting Service (2021/082) : along the coast from Caserta to Salerno causing serious damage.

EPPO Reporting Service (2021/191) : first found in Abruzzo and Puglia in September 2021. Under official control.

EPPO Reporting Service (2022/083) : first found in Toscana in March 2022. Under official control.

EPPO Reporting Service (2024/128) : found in July 2023 in the municipality of Pisa (Toscana region).

References
* Calandrelli MM, Migliozzi A (2023) Storia di degrado e di rinascita di una pineta costiera. Forest@-Journal of Silviculture and Forest Ecology 20(1), 73. https://foresta.sisef.org/contents/?id=efor4386-020
------- Details about an outbreak in Campania region (coastal pine forest of Castel Volturno) with maps and pictures of serious damage.

* Decreto ministeriale 3 giugno 2021 - Misure fitosanitarie di emergenza ai fini del contrasto dell'organismo nocivo Toumeyella parvicornis (Cockerell) (Cocciniglia tartaruga). Gazzetta Ufficiale n.173 del 21-07-2021. http://www.agricoltura.regione.campania.it/difesa/files/DM-03-06-21.pdf

* Di Sora, N, Mannu R, Rossini L, Contarini M, Gallego D, Speranza S (2023). Using species distribution models (SDMs) to estimate the suitability of European Mediterranean non-native area for the establishment of Toumeyella parvicornis (Hemiptera: Coccidae). Insects, 14(1), 46. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14010046
------- Details in Lazio (various localities).

* Garonna AP, Foscari A, Russo E, Jesu G, Somma S, Cascone P, Guerrieri E (2018) The spread of the non-native pine tortoise scale Toumeyella parvicornis (Hemiptera: Coccidae) in Europe: a major threat to Pinus pinea in Southern Italy. iForest 11, 628-634. https://doi.org/10.3832/ifor2864-011

* Garonna AP, Scarpato S, Vicinanza F, Espinosa B (2015) First report of Toumeyella parvicornis (Cockerell) in Europe (Hemiptera: Coccidae). Zootaxa 3949(1), 142–146.

* NPPO of Italy (2020-08, 2021-09, 2022-04, 2024-05).

* Tagarelli N, Avosani S, Tucci M, Verrastro V (2022) First report of Toumeyella parvicornis (Hemiptera: Coccidae) in Puglia (South-Eastern Italy). EPPO Bulletin 52(2), 487– 492.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
France Present, restricted distribution view...