First record of the bug Thaumastocoris peregrinus in Greece

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Published: Oct 3, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/eh.18703
Keywords:
pest distribution Eucalyptus invasive species Thaumastocoris peregrinus
Panos V. Petrakis
Hellenic Agricultural Organization – “Demeter”; Institute for Mediterranean Forest Ecosystem Research, Laboratory of Entomology
Abstract

The Australian bug species Thaumastocoris peregrinus Carpineto et Dellapè (Hemiptera: Thaumastocoridae) is reported for the first time in Greece. This is a sap-sucking consumer (mesophyll feeder) of Eucalyptus spp. foliage. Feeding damage and the egg batches of the insect were found in several locations in 2016. This invasive species recently has been recorded from Portugal, Spain, and Italy. Although in Greece there are no currently forest plantations of eucalypts (experimental plantations exempted), this insect is a serious pest of these trees in roadside verges and city parks.

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