Zaprionus tuberculatus(ZAPRTU)
Distribution details in Italy
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2025: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2013
First recorded in: 2013
EPPO Reporting Service (2014/107) : in September and October 2013, 19 specimens were trapped at 2 locations: a deciduous wood located in Vattaro (near Trento) and a public garden in Trento.
2026: in Campania and Lazio.
2026: in Campania and Lazio.
* Nugnes F, Carbone C, Miele F, Pica F, Pierro S, Sasso R, Bodini M, Bernardo U (2026) Contrasting invasion strategies, convergent outcomes: establishment of Zaprionus tuberculatus and Ceroplastes ceriferus in Italy. Insect 17(2), 198. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects17020198
------- new record in Campania and Lazio. previously recorded in Sicily, Puglia, Trento-Alto Adige
* Raspi A, Grassi A, Benelli G (2014) Zaprionus tuberculatus (Diptera Drosophilidae) first records from the European mainland. Bulletin of Insectology 67(1), 157-160.
------- First specimens caught in Trentino province (Trento-Alto Adige region).
------- new record in Campania and Lazio. previously recorded in Sicily, Puglia, Trento-Alto Adige
* Raspi A, Grassi A, Benelli G (2014) Zaprionus tuberculatus (Diptera Drosophilidae) first records from the European mainland. Bulletin of Insectology 67(1), 157-160.
------- First specimens caught in Trentino province (Trento-Alto Adige region).
| Country | State | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | Present, restricted distribution |