First record of the invasive Lagria villosa (Fabricius, 1781) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Lagriinae) in Europe
: Ruzzier Enrico, Martinez-Munoz Carlos A
Publisher: MAGNOLIA PRESS
: 2021
: Zootaxa
: ZOOTAXA
: ZOOTAXA
: 4908
: 1
: 147
: 150
: 4
: 1175-5326
: 1175-5334
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4908.1.11
: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/53333733
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