EPPO Global Database

Agrilus planipennis(AGRLPL)

Distribution details in Canada

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2024: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2002
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present but not widely distributed and under official control in Canada (2024-09).
From CABI Pest map 675 (2006): Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2005/179) : surveys show it is confined to 2 counties in SW Ontario

EPPO Reporting Service (2006/205) : now 5 counties/municipalities

EPPO Reporting Service (2008/025) : now in 7 counties/municipalities.

EPPO Reporting Service (2008/158) : found in 2008 in new cities in Ontario, and for the first time in Quebec. Eradication efforts continue.

EPPO Reporting Service (2009/142) : found in new sites (Sault Ste Marie, Bayfield, Bluewater, Pickering, Durham, Hamilton).

EPPO Reporting Service (2012/049) : found in new sites in Ontario (Manitoulin Island, united counties of Prescott and Russell) and in Québec (cities of Gatineau and Montreal).

EPPO Reporting Service (2013/164) : found in new sites in Ontario (Bruce, Frontenac, Renfrew, Grey, Sotermont, Dundas and Glengarry counties, city of Kawartha Lakes) and in Québec (Laval-de-Rapides district, cities of Longueil, Ange-Gardien, Lochaber).

Found in the municipality of Notre-Dame-de-Laus in Québec (Government of Canada, 2014), outside the previously regulated area. In 2017, it was also reported in other locations (municipalities of Chertsey, Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover and Saint-Eugène; city of Drummondville).

EPPO Reporting Service (2018/052) : found in Manitoba (Winnipeg).

EPPO Reporting Service (2018/175) : found in Nova Scotia (Bedford), under official control.

EPPO Reporting Service (2022/143) : more findings in Québec (outside the regulated area) in the Gaspésie.

EPPO Reporting Service (2024/097) : first found in early 2024, in British Colombia (Vancouver). Under official control.
References
* Herms DA, McCullough DG (2014) Emerald ash borer invasion of North America: history, biology, ecology, impacts and management. Annual Review of Entomology 59, 13-30.

INTERNET
- Government of Canada. News release of 2014-11-13. Emerald ash borer confirmed in Notre-Dame-de-Laus, Quebec. http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?mthd=index&crtr.page=1&nid=904329
- Government of Manitoba. Emerald ash borer in Manitoba. https://www.gov.mb.ca/sd/forestry/health/eab.html
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
News release (2017-08-24) Found in several locations in Québec.
News release (2017-12-07) Emerald ash borer confirmed in Winnipeg. https://www.canada.ca/en/food-inspection-agency/news/2017/12/emerald_ash_borerconfirmedinwinnipeg.html
News release (2018-01-24) Emerald ash borer regulated areas expanded. https://www.canada.ca/en/food-inspection-agency/news/2018/01/emerald_ash_borerregulatedareasexpanded.html
Emerald ash borer – Agrilus planipennis. http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/plaveg/pestrava/agrpla/agrplae.shtml
News release (2018-09-21) Emerald ash borer confirmed in Bedford, Nova Scotia. https://www.canada.ca/en/food-inspection-agency/news/2018/09/emerald-ash-borer-confirmed-in-bedford-nova-scotia.html
News release (2022-07-11) Emerald ash borer confirmed in the Gaspésie. https://www.canada.ca/en/food-inspection-agency/news/2022/07/emerald-ash-borer-confirmed-in-the-gaspesie.html
News release (2024-05-02) Emerald ash borer confirmed in Vancouver. https://www.canada.ca/en/food-inspection-agency/news/2024/05/emerald-ash-borer-confirmed-in-vancouver-british-columbia.html

* NAPPO Phytosanitary Alert System - see individual state records.

* Webster RP, de Tonnancour P, Sweeney JD, Webster VL, Kostanowicz CA, Hughes C, Anderson RS, Klymko J, Chantal C, Vigneault R (2020) New Coleoptera records from eastern Canada, with additions to the fauna of Manitoba, British Columbia, and Yukon Territory. ZooKeys 946, 53–112. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.946.52489
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
United States of America Colorado Present, no details view...
United States of America Virginia Present, restricted distribution view...
United States of America West Virginia Present, restricted distribution view...
United States of America Indiana Present, restricted distribution view...
United States of America Ohio Present, no details view...
United States of America Massachusetts Present, no details view...
United States of America Illinois Present, restricted distribution view...
United States of America District of Columbia Present, restricted distribution view...
United States of America Maryland Present, restricted distribution view...
United States of America Pennsylvania Present, restricted distribution view...
United States of America Missouri Present, few occurrences view...
United States of America Kentucky Present, restricted distribution view...
United States of America North Carolina Present, restricted distribution view...
United States of America New Jersey Present, no details view...
United States of America New York Present, restricted distribution view...
United States of America Oregon Present, restricted distribution view...
United States of America Oklahoma Present, no details view...
United States of America Alabama Present, no details view...
United States of America Tennessee Present, no details view...
United States of America Delaware Present, no details view...
United States of America Connecticut Present, no details view...
United States of America Georgia Present, no details view...
United States of America Nebraska Present, no details view...
United States of America Iowa Present, widespread view...
United States of America Kansas Present, restricted distribution view...
United States of America South Carolina Present, restricted distribution view...
United States of America Texas Present, no details view...
United States of America Vermont Present, no details view...
United States of America Wisconsin Present, no details view...
United States of America Louisiana Present, no details view...
United States of America Minnesota Present, restricted distribution view...
United States of America South Dakota Present, no details view...
United States of America New Hampshire Present, widespread view...
United States of America Michigan Present, widespread view...
United States of America Rhode Island Present, widespread view...
United States of America Maine Present, no details view...
United States of America North Dakota Present, few occurrences view...
United States of America Arkansas Present, no details view...
United States of America Present, widespread view...