REDIA (2020) 103, 3-7

Leonardo Marianelli, Immacolata Iovinella, Agostino Strangi, Luca Madonni, Konstantin A. Efetov, Gerhard M. Tarmann, Veronica Raiola, Francesco Baruzzo, Giuseppino Peverieri Sabbatini and Pio Federico Roversi (2020)
First record of the pest Artona (Fuscartona) martini Efetov, 1997 (Lepidoptera Zygaenidae Procridinae Artonini) In European territory
REDIA 103, 3-7
Abstract: Artona (Fuscartona) martini Efetov, 1997 (black bamboo moth) was detected for the first time in Europe near Genova (Italy) in 2019 in a bamboo naturalized area. In this area, the exotic bamboo plants have found suitable climatic conditions for growth and outcompete other native forest species growing in fresh and humid environments such as hazel, poplar and alder. A. martini is one of the most harmful organisms associated with bamboo ornamental plants and bamboo plantations and represents their most common pest in eastern China, Taiwan, Japan (including Okinawa and Ogasawara Islands), and Vietnam. Recently it has been recorded in New Zealand and Korea. Due to the increasing agricultural and commercial interest for bamboo as an ornamental plant and as a resource for woody biomass production, the presence of this alien insect is noteworthy, representing a new possible phytosanitary problem for the European territory.
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Database assignments for author(s): Pio Federico Roversi

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

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Artona martini		Japan
	Artona martini		Korea-South
	Artona martini		Taiwan
	Artona martini		Vietnam
	Artona martini		New Zealand
	Artona martini	Bamboo	Italy