EPPO Global Database

EPPO Reporting Service no. 09 - 2023 Num. article: 2023/198

Absence of Ips duplicatus in Slovenia


In Slovenia Ips duplicatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae - EU Annexes) was first found in 2020: one beetle was caught in a trap in April 2020 in a forest in the Central Slovenia region (EPPO RS 2020/168). Surveys were continued but no further specimens were caught.

The pest status of Ips duplicatus in Slovenia is officially declared as: Absent, pest no longer present.


Sources

NPPO of Slovenia (2023-09).