EPPO Global Database

Xylosandrus compactus(XYLSCO)

Distribution details in Switzerland

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2024: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2023
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, only in some parts of the Member State concerned, at low prevalence (2023-11)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2024/005) : found in 2023 the municipalities of Brissago and Ascona (Ticino) on a Laurus nobilis hedge in a private garden and on a Argyrocytisus battandieri plant. Infested plants have been removed.
References
* Blaser S, Hoelling D, Ruffner B, Brockerhoff EG, Marazzi C, Mattei G, Meier M, Beenken L (2024) First record of the invasive ambrosia beetle Xylosandrus compactus (Eichhoff, 1875) (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) and its fungal associates in Switzerland. BioInvasions Records 13(3), 621–636, https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2024.13.3.05
------- Additional details: found in Argyrocytisus battandieri, Mahonia aquifolium and Wisteria sp. (new hosts). Its fungal symbiont (Ambrosiella xylebori) was found, as well as a Thyridium species.

* NPPO of Switzerland (2023-11).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
France Present, restricted distribution view...
France Corse Present, no details view...
Italy Sicilia Present, no details view...
Italy Present, restricted distribution view...