Xyleborus glabratus(XYLBGR)
Distribution details in United States of America
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2020: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2002
First recorded in: 2002
EPPO Reporting Service (2014/086) : in the USA, X. glabratus was first detected in Port Wentworth near Savannah (Georgia) in 2002 and mortality of Persea borbonica was noted soon after (caused by the fungus Raffaelea lauricola).
EPPO Reporting Service (2014/171) : found in Laurus nobilis (1 tree near Gainesville in Florida) and shown to be able to develop on this tree species.
EPPO Reporting Service (2016/070) : found in 2014 in Northern Louisiana (Lincoln, Clairborne and Union parishes) in association with Raffaelea lauricola on Sassafras albidum.
EPPO Reporting Service (2016/162) : found in Texas (trapped at several sites around Lumberton, Hardin county).
EPPO Reporting Service (2017/072) : found in 2015 in Arkansas near Warren (Bradley county).
Observed in 2019 in Kentucky and Tennessee, in association with Raffaelea lauricola on Sassafras albidum.
EPPO Reporting Service (2014/171) : found in Laurus nobilis (1 tree near Gainesville in Florida) and shown to be able to develop on this tree species.
EPPO Reporting Service (2016/070) : found in 2014 in Northern Louisiana (Lincoln, Clairborne and Union parishes) in association with Raffaelea lauricola on Sassafras albidum.
EPPO Reporting Service (2016/162) : found in Texas (trapped at several sites around Lumberton, Hardin county).
EPPO Reporting Service (2017/072) : found in 2015 in Arkansas near Warren (Bradley county).
Observed in 2019 in Kentucky and Tennessee, in association with Raffaelea lauricola on Sassafras albidum.
* Fraedrich SW, Harrington TC, Bates CA, Johnson J, Reid LS, Best GS, Leininger TD, Hawkins TS (2011) Susceptibility to laurel wilt and disease incidence in two rare plant species, pondberry and pondspice. Plant Disease 95(9), 1056-1062.
* Fraedrich SW, Johnson JW, Menard RD, Harrington TC, Olatinwo R, Best GS (2015) First report of Xyleborus glabratus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) and laurel wilt in Louisiana, USA: the disease continues westward on sassafras. Florida Entomologist 98(4), 1266-1268.
* Hughes MA, Black A, Smith JA (2014) First report of laurel wilt caused by Raffaelea lauricola on bay laurel (Laurus nobilis) in the United States. Plant Disease 98(8), p 1159.
* Loyd AL, Chase KD, Nielson A, Hoover N, Dreaden TJ, Mayfield AE, Crocker E, Fraedrich SW (2020) First report of laurel wilt caused by Raffaelea lauricola on Sassafras albidum in Tennessee and Kentucky. Plant Disease 104(2), p 567.
* Menard RD, Clarke SR, Fraedrich SW, Harrington TC (2016) First report of laurel wilt, caused by Raffaelea lauricola, on redbay (Persea borbonia) in Texas. Plant Disease 100(7), p 1502.
* Stocks S (2011) Laurel wilt detected in Miami-Dade country. NPDN First Detector Network News 6(3), 3-4.
* Fraedrich SW, Johnson JW, Menard RD, Harrington TC, Olatinwo R, Best GS (2015) First report of Xyleborus glabratus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) and laurel wilt in Louisiana, USA: the disease continues westward on sassafras. Florida Entomologist 98(4), 1266-1268.
* Hughes MA, Black A, Smith JA (2014) First report of laurel wilt caused by Raffaelea lauricola on bay laurel (Laurus nobilis) in the United States. Plant Disease 98(8), p 1159.
* Loyd AL, Chase KD, Nielson A, Hoover N, Dreaden TJ, Mayfield AE, Crocker E, Fraedrich SW (2020) First report of laurel wilt caused by Raffaelea lauricola on Sassafras albidum in Tennessee and Kentucky. Plant Disease 104(2), p 567.
* Menard RD, Clarke SR, Fraedrich SW, Harrington TC (2016) First report of laurel wilt, caused by Raffaelea lauricola, on redbay (Persea borbonia) in Texas. Plant Disease 100(7), p 1502.
* Stocks S (2011) Laurel wilt detected in Miami-Dade country. NPDN First Detector Network News 6(3), 3-4.