Emerging pests are increasingly threatening fruit orchard health across the Mediterranean
area. Tephritidae, representing serious threats for Europe, are numerous, and the fruit flies …

A grapevine leafminer Antispila oinophylla van Nieukerken & Wagner, sp. n., is described
both from eastern North America (type locality: Georgia) and as a new important invader in …

The leafminer Coptodisca sp.(Lepidoptera: Heliozelidae), recently recorded for the first time
in Europe on Italian black and common walnut trees, is shown to be the North-American …

In September 2013, the walnut twig beetle (WTB) Pityophthorus juglandis Blackman, a
species native to Mexico and south‐western USA, was recorded for the first time in Europe …

The Nearctic leafminer of black walnut Coptodisca juglandiella (Chambers, 1874) was found
in Hungary and reported as new for Europe. Larvae were found in leafmines on black walnut …

Heliozelidae are a widespread, evolutionarily early diverging family of small, day-flying
monotrysian moths, for which a comprehensive phylogeny is lacking. We generated the first …

Along with climate change, or by transportation of agricultural products, such as fruits and
ornamental plants, their alien insect pests have also started to appear in Hungary. Although …

Arboreta serve as effective tools for identifying alien insect pests and novel trophic
associations. In this study, we used an arboretum in Slovenia to survey woody plants and …

The leaf miner Coptodisca lucifluella and the carpophagous Rhagoletis completa, of
American origin, are two non‐native walnut (Juglans spp.) pests in Italy. For the Friuli …

Heliozelidae are a cosmopolitan family of small, day‐flying moths, and include some pest
species of commercial crops. Overall, the family is poorly known and lacks a well‐resolved …