CORYTHUCHA ARCUATA (HEMIPTERA: HETEROPTERA: TINGIDAE): A NEW ALIEN SPECIES IN MONTENEGRO
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The oak lace bug Corythucha arcuata (Say, 1832), a species native to North America, is recorded for the first time in Montenegro. Specimens were observed in Podgorica in July 2025 on Quercus robur, where eggs and nymphs were found on the underside of leaves. This finding represents the last remaining country in the Balkan region where the species had not previously been documented.
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Hradil, K. (2026). CORYTHUCHA ARCUATA (HEMIPTERA: HETEROPTERA: TINGIDAE): A NEW ALIEN SPECIES IN MONTENEGRO. Acta Entomologica Serbica, 30(2). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18327715
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Bernardinelli, I., & Zandigiacomo, P. (2000). Prima segnalazione di Corythucha arcuata (Say) (Heteroptera, Tingidae) in Europa. Informatore Fitopatologico, 12, 47-49.
Çerçi, B., Karataş, A., & Karataş, Ay. (2021). Insecta non gratae: New Distribution Records of Eight Alien Bug (Hemiptera) Species in Turkey with Contributions of Citizen Science. Zootaxa, 5057(1), 1-28.
Csóka, G., Hirka, A., Mutun, S., Glavendekić, M., Mikó, Á., Szőcs, L., Paulin, M., Eötvös, C. B., Gáspár, C., Csepelényi, M., Szénási, Á., Franjević, M., Gninenko, Y., Dautbašić, M., Muzejinović, O., Zúbrik, M., Netoiu, C., Buzatu, A., Bălăcenoiu, F., Jurc, M., Jurc, D., Bernardinelli, I., Streito, J. C., Avtzis, D., & Hrašovec, B. (2020). Spread and potential host range of the invasive oak lace bug [Corythucha arcuata (Say, 1832) - Heteroptera: Tingidae] in Eurasia. Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 22(1), 61-74.
Dautbašić M., Zahirović K., Mujezinović O., & Margaletić J. (2018). Prvi nalaz hrastove mrežaste stjenice (Corythucha arcuata) u Bosni i Hercegovini. (First record of oak lace bug (Corythucha arcuata) in Bosnia and Herzegovina). Šumarski List, 142, 179-181 [in Bosnian, English summary].
Dobreva, M., Simov, N., Georgiev, G., Mirchev, P., & Georgieva, M. (2013). First record of Corythucha arcuata (Say) (Heteroptera: Tingidae) on Balkan Peninsula. Acta Zoologica Bulgaria, 65, 409-412.
Don, I., Don, C. D., Sasu, L. R., Vidrean, D., & Brad, M. L. (2016). Insect pests on the trees and shrubs from the Macea Botanical Garden. Studia Universitatis “Vasile Goldiş” Arad, Seria Ştiinţe Inginereşti şi Agro-Turism, 11(2), 23-28.
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Gninenko, Y. I., Chernova, U. A., & Nalepin, V. P. (2021). The oak lace bug: appearance and distribution in Russia. In Proceedings of the 1st International Electronic Conference on Entomology, 1-15 July 2021, MDPI: Basel, Switzerland.
Hradil, K., & Jégrová, K. (2023). Corythucha arcuata (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae) in the Czech Republic: first record in Bohemia and its rapid spread in Moravia. Klapalekiana, 59, 211-218.
Hrašovec, B., Posarić, D., Lukić, I. & Pernek, M. (2013). Prvi nalaz hrastove mrezaste stjenice (Corythucha arcuata) u Hrvatskoj. (First record of oak lace bug (Corythucha arcuata) in Croatia). Šumarski List, 137, 499-503 [in Croatian, English summary].
Jurc, M., & Jurc, D. (2017). The first record and the beginning the spread of oak lace bug, Corythucha arcuata (Say, 1832) (Heteroptera: Tingidae) in Slovenia. Šumarski List, 141, 485-488.
Kulinich O. A, Ryaskin D. I., Gninenko Y. I., Akopyants A. A., Arbuzova E. N., Chernova U. A., & Nalepin V. P. (2023). Klop dubovaya kruzhevnitsa Corythucha arcuata (Say) (Hemiptera: Tingidae): rasprostranenie na territorii Rossii i vozmozhnye mery kontrolya). (Oak lace bug Corythucha arcuata (Say) (Hemiptera: Tingidae): distribution in Russia and possible control measures). Plant Health and Quarantine, 2(14), 18-33 [in Russian and English].
Pap, P., Drekić, M., Poljaković-Pajnik, K., Marković, M., & Vasić (2015). Monitoring zdravstvenog stanja šuma na teritoriji Vojvodine u 2015. godini. (Forest health monitoring in Vojvodina in 2015). Topola 195/196, 117-133 [in Serbian, English summary].
Sotirovski K., Srebrova K., & Nacheski S. (2019). First records of the oak lace bug Corythucha arcuata (Say, 1832) (Hemiptera: Tingidae) in North Macedonia. Acta Entomologica Slovenica, 27(2), 91-98.