@article {174,
	title = {Report of the geranium bronze butterfly, Cacyreus marshalli for mainland Greece},
	journal = {Hellenic Plant Protection Journal},
	volume = {4},
	year = {2011},
	pages = {31-34},
	abstract = {<p>In July and September 2010, two samples of infested geranium plants (Pelargonium spp.), which\&nbsp; were\&nbsp; originally\&nbsp; collected\&nbsp; from\&nbsp; Kifissia,\&nbsp; Attica-Greece,\&nbsp; were\&nbsp; received\&nbsp; at\&nbsp; the\&nbsp; Laboratory\&nbsp; of\&nbsp; Bio-logical Control at Benaki Phytopathological Institute, Greece. Larvae were taken from infested plants and kept under laboratory conditions at 25\&plusmn;1\&deg;C, 70\&plusmn;5\% RH and under a photoperiod of 16L:8D h un-til\&nbsp; adults\&nbsp; emerged.\&nbsp; Adults\&nbsp; were\&nbsp; identified\&nbsp; as\&nbsp; the\&nbsp; Geranium\&nbsp; Bronze\&nbsp; Butterfly, Cacyreus\&nbsp; marshalli But-ler (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). This species is recorded for the first time for mainland Greece. Cacyreus marshalli is on the EPPO A2 List of pests recommended for the regulation as quarantine pests. Gera-nium Bronze Butterfly has the potential to establish in Greece and the rest of the Mediterranean ba-sin as climatic conditions can allow this pest to overwinter outdoors and its host plants are common-ly propagated.</p>
},
	keywords = {biodiversity, butterfly, geranium, invasive, Pelargonium spp.},
	author = {Martinou, A.F. and Papachristos, D. and Milonas, P.G.}
}
