Farina Priscilla, Mazza Giuseppe, Benvenuti Claudia, Cutino Ilaria, Giannotti Paolo, Conti Barbara, Bedini Stefano, Gargani Elisabetta
Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Via del Borghetto 80, 56126 Pisa, Italy.
CREA Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification (CREA-DC), Via di Lanciola 12/a, 50125 Firenze, Italy.
Insects. 2020 Dec 23;12(1):5. doi: 10.3390/insects12010005.
L. is one of the earliest cultivated fruit trees, and figs are a typical fruit of the Mediterranean diet and traditional medicine as well. In recent years, a new pest, the black weevil Kȏno, 1933 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) native to Asia, has been recorded in France and Italy. causes the rapid death of the fig tree by its larvae that dig alimentation galleries in the trunk and surface roots, compromising the phloem flux. In Italy, from 2005, the year of the first detection of , the fig production has nearly halved, decreasing from 20.09 t to 10.65 t. To date, no specific EU regulation has been applied to prevent the spread, and we can reasonably expect a rapid diffusion of this pest all over the Mediterranean area. To avoid the loss of the Mediterranean fig orchards, effective strategies to detect and control the black weevil are required. Such strategies need a detailed knowledge of distribution, biology, and physiology. This paper updates the known distribution of this species in Southern Europe, using a citizen science approach, and describes, under laboratory and field conditions, its main biological traits.
无花果是最早被栽培的果树之一，也是地中海饮食和传统医学中的典型水果。近年来，一种原产于亚洲的新害虫——黑象甲（1933年，Kȏno命名，鞘翅目：象甲科）在法国和意大利被发现。其幼虫在树干和地表根系中挖掘取食通道，破坏韧皮部运输，导致无花果树迅速死亡。在意大利，自2005年首次发现该害虫以来，无花果产量几乎减半，从20.09吨降至10.65吨。迄今为止，欧盟尚未出台具体法规来防止该害虫的传播，我们有理由预计这种害虫将在地中海地区迅速扩散。为避免地中海无花果果园遭受损失，需要有效的检测和控制黑象甲的策略。这些策略需要对其分布、生物学和生理学有详细的了解。本文采用公民科学方法更新了该物种在南欧的已知分布，并在实验室和田间条件下描述了其主要生物学特性。
