| Title: | Pest categorisation of Xylotrechus chinensis |
| Author(s): | Health EPoP; Bragard C; Baptista P; Chatzivassiliou E; Di Serio F; Gonthier P; Jaques Miret JA; Justesen AF; Magnusson CS; Milonas P; Navas-Cortes JA; Parnell S; Potting R; Reignault PL; Stefani E; Thulke HH; Van der Werf W; Vicent Civera A; Yuen J; Zappala L; Gregoire JC; Malumphy C; Kertesz V; Maiorano A; MacLeod A; |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1831-4732 (Electronic) 1831-4732 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of Xylotrechus chinensis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) for the EU territory. This species is not included in the EU Commission Implementing Regulation 2019/2072. X. chinensis is native to China, Japan, the Korean peninsula and Taiwan. It has recently been reported from Spain (Catalonia; Region of Valencia), Greece (Athens; Crete) and France (Herault; Gironde). X. chinensis attacks and kills Morus spp. in Europe and is also a pest of Malus domestica, Pyrus sp. and Vitis vinifera in Asia. This last species, however, was not confirmed as a host in an experimental study in Spain. The pest is univoltine. The adults are 1.5-2.5 cm long; they emerge between May and August. Each female produces approximately 80 eggs which are laid on the bark. The larvae live in the phloem and tunnel into the xylem where they pupate. Infested trees show injuries including longitudinal slits in the bark, caused by larval activity next to the surface and round exit holes from which frass emerges. The females respond to a male sex pheromone, which has not been developed into a detection method. The adults spread by flight as suggested by the local expansion of damage in Europe. However, wood packaging material and wooden objects can also be a pathway as suggested by interceptions in Germany and the USA. In Greece and Spain, hundreds of Morus trees have already been attacked within a few years, and often killed. The infested area has been observed to expand from 44 to 380 km(2) within 2 years in Spain (Catalonia). Phytosanitary measures are available to inhibit further introductions and slow the spread within the EU. X. chinensis satisfies all the criteria that are within the remit of EFSA to assess for it to be regarded as a potential Union quarantine pest" |
| Keywords: | Morus pest risk plant health plant pest quarantine tiger longicorn beetle; |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINE(PLH) Bragard, Claude Baptista, Paula Chatzivassiliou, Elisavet Di Serio, Francesco Gonthier, Paolo Jaques Miret, Josep Anton Justesen, Annemarie Fejer Magnusson, Christer Sven Milonas, Panagiotis Navas-Cortes, Juan A Parnell, Stephen Potting, Roel Reignault, Philippe Lucien Stefani, Emilio Thulke, Hans-Hermann Van der Werf, Wopke Vicent Civera, Antonio Yuen, Jonathan Zappala, Lucia Gregoire, Jean-Claude Malumphy, Chris Kertesz, Virag Maiorano, Andrea MacLeod, Alan eng 2022/01/07 EFSA J. 2021 Dec 23; 19(12):e07022. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2021.7022. eCollection 2021 Dec" |
