EPPO Global Database

Xyleborinus attenuatus(XYBIAL)

Distribution details in Italy

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Present, restricted distribution
Comments
Intercepted on imported plants of Dracaena.

In 2021, it was first recorded in two localities of Veneto region (caught in traps in a mountain beech forest damaged by a wind storm in 2018).
References
* Kirkendall LR, Faccoli M (2010) Bark beetles and pinhole borers (Curculionidae, Scolytinae, Platypodinae) alien to Europe. ZooKeys 56, 227-251.

* Marchioro M, Faccoli M, Dal Cortivo M, Branco M, Roques A, Garcia A, Ruzzier E (2022) New species and new records of exotic Scolytinae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) in Europe. Biodiversity Data Journal 10, e93995. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e93995
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Austria Present, no details view...
France Present, no details view...
Slovenia Present, restricted distribution view...
Switzerland Present, no details view...