EPPO Bulletin (2022) 52, 463-470

Josep M. Riba-Flinch, Anna Garreta, Anna Aymamí, Belén Lumbierres, Hugo Mas and Diego Gallego (2022)
Current status and first detection of Xylosandrus germanus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in live trees in the Iberian Peninsula
EPPO Bulletin 52 (2), 463-470
Abstract: The black stem borer Xylosandrus germanus (Blandford, 1894) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) is a species native to Eastern Asia that has invaded 24 countries worldwide, including 21 European countries, the USA, Canada and New Zealand. On the Iberian Peninsula it was recorded for the first time in traps placed in the Basque Country (Northern Spain) in 2003, but its host plants were unknown. In the present work, three populations of X. germanus are recorded in the east of Spain in Girona, Tarragona and Valencia provinces (Automomous Community of Catalonia, and Valencia, respectively). Specimens were collected in traps and on host plants, showing a wider distribution range now including the east and north-east of the Iberian Peninsula. Infested carob trees (Ceratonia siliqua) were found in agricultural and urban green areas in Tarragona. Ceratonia siliqua is therefore reported here as a new host of X. germanus.
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Database assignments for author(s): Diego Gallego

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
surveys/sampling/distribution
new introduction of pest

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Xylosandrus germanus	Carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua)	Spain (continental)