RHS lily beetle (Lilioceris lilii) monitoring

doi:10.15468/vxglmj

RHS lily beetle (Lilioceris lilii) monitoring

Citation

Royal Horticultural Society (2022). RHS lily beetle (Lilioceris lilii) monitoring. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/vxglmj accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-13.

Description

The data set consists of records for the lily beetle (Lilioceris lilii) for the UK gathered by the Royal Horticultural Society, from members of the Society and the general public. Data have been collected as part of the surveying work of the Royal Horticultural Society to establish the distribution and spread of the rosemary beetle, an invasive garden pest of rosemary (Rosmarinus), lavender (Lavandula) and related plants, which became established in the UK during the 1990s.

Purpose

Sampling Description

Quality Control

Data quality is good, but coverage pre May 2008 is predominantly limited to Royal Horticultural Society members. Records are verified by RHS entomologists, based on samples or descriptions and information (primarily host and description of damage) provided in enquiries to the Advisory Service or on the on-line form. Grid references are checked against site names.

Method steps

Records of the lily beetle have been collected via the Royal Horticultural Society Advisory Service (predominantly from RHS members) and from the general public via an on-line recording form on the project website http://www.rhs.org.uk/Science/Plant-pests/Lily-beetle

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

The survey aims for UK coverage. A majority of records after 2000 are at 1km or better resolution. Many pre 2000 records only have 10 km resolution.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

originator
Royal Horticultural Society

metadata author
Royal Horticultural Society

distributor
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London
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Andrew Salisbury
administrative point of contact
email: andrewsalisbury@rhs.org.uk