EPPO Global Database

Vespa velutina(VESPVE)

Distribution details in France

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2010: Present, restricted distribution
Comments
Introduced probably in 2003/2004, it then rapidly spread (in 2009, 32 departments were invaded). It is hypothetized that it has been introduced with imports of pottery from China.

EPPO Reporting Service (2007/197) : first collected in a private garden, on a fruit of Diospyros kaki at Nérac, Lot-et-Garonne.
References
* Anonymous (2007) Phyto-régions. Aquitaine et Midi-Pyrénées. Le frelon asiatique s’installe. Phytoma – La Défense des Végétaux no. 3, p 3.

* Haxaire J, Bouguet JP, Tamisier JP (2006) Vespa velutina Lepeletier 1836, une redoutable nouveauté pour la faune de France (Hym., Vespidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 111(2), p 194.

* Rome Q, Dambrine L, Onate C, Muller F, Villemant C, García Pérez AL, Maia M, Carvalho Esteves P, Bruneau E (2013) Spread of the invasive hornet Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836, in Europe in 2012 (Hym., Vespidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 118, 21-22.
------ A map shows the spread in Europe (approximately half of France has been invaded).

* Villemant C, Haxaire J, Streito JC (2006) Premier bilan de l’invasion de Vespa velutina Lepeletier en France (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 111(4), 235-238.

* Villemant C, Rome Q, Haxaire J (2010) Le Frelon asiatique (Vespa velutina). In Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle [Ed]. 2010. Inventaire national du Patrimoine naturel, site Web. http://inpn.mnhn.fr
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Belgium Present, restricted distribution view...
Germany Present, few occurrences view...
Italy Present, restricted distribution view...
Spain Islas Baleares Present, no details view...
Spain Present, restricted distribution view...
Switzerland Present, few occurrences view...