Bulletin of Insectology (2008) 61, 361-364

Giovanni Burgio, Fabrizio Santi, Alberto Lanzoni, Antonio Masetti, Valentino De Luigi, Massimiliano Melandri, Alberto Reggiani, Carlo Ricci, Antoon J.M. Loomans and Stefano Maini (2008)
Harmonia axyridis recordings in northern Italy
Bulletin of Insectology 61 (2), 361-364
Abstract: In summer 2008, larvae, pupae and adults of Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) (Coleoptera Coccinellidae) were found in several localities in northern Italy. Since the first record in Turin (Piedmont) in 2006, this ladybird, just two years later, was collected up to the northeast of Italy. The colour forms found consisted for 97.52% of H. axyridis succinea and 2.48% of H. axyridis spectabilis (n = 1049). These records may represent a case study in modelling intra-guild predation and the spread of an exotic species.
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Database assignments for author(s): Giovanni Burgio, Stefano Maini, Fabrizio Santi, Antonio Masetti, Antoon J.M. Loomans

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
surveys/distribution/isolation

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
Harmonia axyridis (predator)			Italy