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Issue: Vol. 4908 No. 1: 13 Jan. 2021
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2021-01-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.1.11
Page range: 147–150
Abstract views: 197
PDF downloaded: 102

First record of the invasive Lagria villosa (Fabricius, 1781) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Lagriinae) in Europe

Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and the Environment (DAFNAE), Viale dell’Università 16, Legnaro, I-35020 Padova, Italy.
Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit. FIN-20014 University of Turku, Finland.
Coleoptera

Abstract

The lagriid beetle Lagria villosa (Fabricius, 1781), an invasive species of African origin, is recorded for the first time in Europe. A single specimen was found in November 2020 in Turku (Finland) inside a box of table grapes from a local supermarket. This species, included in the EPPO Global Database and in the CABI Invasive Species Compendium, is widely recognized as a significant pest of crops.

 

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