EPPO Global Database

Agrilus planipennis(AGRLPL)

Distribution details in Belarus

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2025: Present, restricted distribution
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present: not widely distributed (outbreaks of pest in Gomel) and under official control (2025-09).
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2019/135) : during a survey conducted in 2018 in the Eastern part of Belarus, the pest was not found.

NPPO of Belarus (2025): pest found in Gomel, official phytosanitary measures applied.
References
* NPPO of Belarus (2025-09).

* Orlova-Bienkowskaja MJ, Drogvalenko AN, Zabaluev IA, Sazhnev AS, Peregudova HY, Mazurov SG, Komarov EV, Andrzej O, Bieńkowski AO (2019) Bad and good news for ash trees in Europe: alien pest Agrilus planipennis has spread to the Ukraine and the south of European Russia, but does not kill Fraxinus excelsior in the forests. BioRxiv (unpublished pre-print). doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/689240

* Usenia V, Pomaz G (2025-07-15) Yasenevaya izumrudnaya zlatka: karantinnyy vreditel’ teper’ v Belarusi [Emerald ash borer: a quarantine pest now in Belarus]. Navuka, 29(3068), p. 5 (In Russian).

* Zviagintsev VB, Kirichenko NI, Chernik MI, Seraya LG, Baranchikov YN (2025) The Emerald ash borer Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) invaded Belarus. Acta Biologica Sibirica 11, 847-861. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16744135
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Latvia Absent, confirmed by survey view...
Lithuania Absent, confirmed by survey view...
Russian Federation (the) Central Russia Present, restricted distribution view...
Russian Federation (the) Far East Present, no details view...
Russian Federation (the) Western Siberia Present, restricted distribution view...
Russian Federation (the) Present, restricted distribution view...
Russian Federation (the) Southern Russia Present, no details view...
Ukraine Present, restricted distribution view...