Halyomorpha halys Stål 1855, trovata per la prima volta nelle Alpi centrali italiane (Insecta: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae).

First record in Italian Central Alps of Halyomorpha halys (Insecta: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug was detected for the first time in Italian Central Alps in September 2014, in at Colico, province of Lecco (Northern Italy). Native to east Asia, and introduced in North America and Central Europe, it has a wide host range and an extremely high potential as an invasive pest of many fruit, horticultural and ornamentals crops. From the results of a citizen science type of survey, it emerged that H. halys is quite widely distributed in the Italian regions of Emilia Romagna, Lombardy, Liguria, Piemonte and Friuli: especially in lowlands and hilly areas of the plains and hills, but not on the Alps themselves.