EPPO Global Database

Xylosandrus compactus(XYLSCO)

Distribution details in France

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2021: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2016
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, only in some areas: Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur region (2016-11)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2017/030) : first found in September 2016 on ornamental plants plants (Arbutus unedo, Laurus nobilis, Phillyrea sp., and Quercus ilex) in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur region.

EPPO Reporting Service (2019/199) : present along the Southern coast, in Var and Alpes-Maritimes departments.

EPPO Reporting Service (2021/156) and EPPO Reporting Service (2021/157) : established in Southeastern France (Alpes-Maritimes, Var), locally abundant. Caught for the first time in Corsica in 2020.
References
* Barnouin T, Soldati F, Roques A, Faccoli M, Kirkendall LR, Mouttet R, Daubree JB, Noblecourt T (2020) Bark beetles and pinhole borers recently or newly introduced to France (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae and Platypodinae). Zootaxa 4877(1), 51-74. https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/

* Chapin E, Mouttet R, Chauvel G (2016) Xylosandrus compactus trouvé en France métropolitaine. Phytoma no. 697, 10-12.
------ Alpes-Maritimes (Antibes, St Jean Cap Ferrat), Var (St Tropez).

* NPPO of France (2016-11).

* Roques A, Bellanger R, Daubrée JB, Ducatillion C, Urvois T, Auger-Rozenberg MA (2019) Les scolytes exotiques : une menace pour le maquis. Phytoma 727, 16-21.
------- Found along the Mediterranean coast.

* Roques A, Bernard A, Courtin C, Denux O, Roques O, Auger-Rozenberg MA (2021) Bilan des piégeages 2020 dans les ports d’entrée et en forets avec le mélange générique attractif pour les xylophages exotiques envahissants. Rapport INRAE URZF Orléans, 13 pp.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
French Guiana Present, no details view...
Guadeloupe Present, no details view...
Italy Present, restricted distribution view...
Italy Sicilia Present, no details view...
Martinique Present, no details view...
Monaco Present, no details view...
Reunion Present, no details view...
Spain Present, restricted distribution view...
Spain Islas Baleares Transient view...
Switzerland Present, restricted distribution view...