01683nas a2200205   4500008004100000245008400041210006900125300001000194490000600204520108200210653001701292653001401309653001301323653001301336653002101349100001901370700002101389700001801410856004901428       2011                        eng d00aReport of the geranium bronze butterfly, Cacyreus marshalli for mainland Greece0 aReport of the geranium bronze butterfly Cacyreus marshalli for m  a31-340 v43 a<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>
10abiodiversity10abutterfly10ageranium10ainvasive10aPelargonium spp.1 aMartinou, A.F.1 aPapachristos, D.1 aMilonas, P.G.  uhttps://alientoma.myspecies.info/el/node/174