EPPO Global Database

Agrilus planipennis(AGRLPL)

Distribution details in Russia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Present, restricted distribution
From CABI Pest map 675 (2006): Present, no details
Comments
Native to the Far East, but introduction in Central and Southern European Russia.

EPPO Reporting Service (2007/067) : previously, A. planipennis in Russia was only reported from the Far East but in 2005/2006 its presence was noted in Moscow and its surroundings (European Russia).

EPPO Reporting Service (2014/062) : spread and tree mortality continues around Moscow (infested area of at least 150 000 km2 in 2013).

EPPO Reporting Service (2017/131) : update about the spread of the pest in European Russia and the situation in the Far East.

EPPO Reporting Service (2019/035) : more details about the situation in the Russian Far East.

EPPO Reporting Service (2019/135) : found in 14 regions of Central and Southern European Russia during surveys conducted in 2018/2019.

EPPO Reporting Service (2021/009) : in September 2020, the pest was found in Saint Petersburg (Martyshkino settlement, Petrodvorets district). It is estimated that the insect has been present in this area for at least 3 years.

EPPO Reporting Service (2021/103) : studies conducted in 2018/2019 concluded that the north-western limit of the invaded range in European Russia remains the city of Tver. This strongly suggest that the outbreak in Saint Petersburg is the result of accidental introduction (e.g. hitch-hicking on vehicles, infested plants for planting or other commodities).

EPPO Reporting Service (2021/154) : spread continues, towards the northwest (Saint Petersburg) approaching the borders with the European Union; towards the south in the Lower Volga Basin, approaching Kazakystan. In European Russia, the pest occurs in 18 provinces: Astrakhan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Moscow, Orel, Ryazan, Smolensk, St. Petersburg, Tambov, Tula, Tver, Vladimir, Volgograd, Voronezh, and Yaroslavl.

EPPO Reporting Service (2023/175) : found in Krasnodar krai in 2022 (detected in 65 localities from 7 municipalities).
References
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* Anonymous (2020) Справочник по карантинному фитосанитарному состоянию территорий государств - участников СНГ на 01.01.2020 г. [Handbook of quarantine phytosanitary conditions in the territories of the CIS Member States as of 2020-01-01]. All-Russian Plant Quarantine Center. 92pp. Available at https://vniikr.ru/today/intercoll/inter-coord

* Baranchikov Y, Mozolevskaya E, Yurchenko G, Kenis M (2008) Occurrence of the emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis in Russia and its potential impact on European forestry. Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 38(2), 233-238.

* Duan JJ, Yurchenko G, Fuester R (2012) Occurrence of emerald ash borer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) and biotic factors affecting its immature stages in the Russian Far East. Environmental Entomology 41(2), 245-254.

* Gninenko YI, Kliukin MS, Khegai IV (2016) Emerald ash borer: catastrophe postponed? Plant Health Research and Practice 3(17), 42-45.

* Godin AE, Miroshnikov AN, Prisniy Yu.A (2022) Additions to data on invasive insect species of Belgorod Region. Field Biologist Journal 4(4), 344–349. https://doi.org/10.52575/2712-9047-2022-4-4-344-349 (In Russian with English abstract)

* Jendek E (1994) Studies in the East Palaearctic species of the genus Agrilus Dahl, 1823 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) Part I. Entomological Problems 25(1), 9-25.

* Magomedov US, Ponomarev VL (2012) Emerald ash borer Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Plant Health Research and Practice no. 2, 30-32.
------- Recommend that A. planipennis should be regulated in Russia and that eradication/containment measures should be taken urgently.

* Mozolevskaya EG, Izhevskii SS (2007) [Outbreaks of emerald ash borer in Moscow region.] Zashchita Rastenii no. 5, 28-30 (in Russian).

* Musolin DL, Kirichenko NI, Karpun NN, Aksenenko EV, Golub VB, Kerchev IA, Mandelshtam MY, Vasaitis R, Volkovitsh MG, Zhuravleva EN, Selikhovkin AV (2022) Invasive insect pests of forests and urban trees in Russia: origin, pathways, damage, and management. Forests 13(4), 521. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13040521

* Musolin DL, Selikhovkin AV, Shabunin DA, Zviagintsev B, Baranchikov YN (2017) Between ash dieback and emerald ash borer: two Asian invaders in Russia and the future of ash in Europe. Baltic Forestry 23(1), 316-333.

* Musolin DL, Selikhovkin AV, Peregudova EY, Popovichev BG, Mandelshtam MY, Baranchikov, YN, Vasaitis R (2021) North-Westward expansion of the invasive range of emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) towards the EU: from Moscow to Saint Petersburg. Forests 12, 502. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12040502

* NAPPO News Story of 2002-10-02 & 2002-12-17.

* Orlova-Bienkowskaja M (2014) Ashes in Europe are in danger: the invasive range of Agrilus planipennis in European Russia is expanding. Biological Invasions 16(7), 1345-1349.

* Orlova-Bienkowskaja M (2013) Dramatic expansion of the range of the invasive ash pest, buprestid beetle, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire, 1888 (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) in European Russia. Entomological Review 93(9), 1121-1128.

* Orlova-Bienkowskaja MJ, Belokobylskij SA (2014) Discovery of the first European parasitoid of the emerald ash borer Agrilus planipennis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). European Journal of Entomology 111(4), 594-596.

* 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

* Orlova-Bienkowskaja MJ, Drogvalenko AN, Zabaluev IA. Sazhnev AS, Peregudova HY, Mazurov SG, Komarov EV, Struchaev VV, Martinov VV, Nikulina TV, Bieńkowski AO (2020) Current range of Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire, an alien pest of ash trees, in European Russia and Ukraine. Annals of Forest Science 77, 29. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13595-020-0930-z

* Orlova-Bienkowskaja MJ, Volkovitsh MG (2018) Are native ranges of the most destructive invasive pests well known? A case study of the native range of the emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Biological Invasions 20(5), 1275-1286.

* Romanchuk RV, Meshcheryakova IS, Poushkova SV, Kasatkin DG, Khachikov EA, Kupryushkin DP (2022) [The distribution of the emerald ash borer Agrilus planipennis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) in the south of the Rostov region]. Ekosistemy 32, 33–41 (in Russian).

* Selikhovkin AV, Popovichev BG, Mandelshtam MY, Vasaitis R, Musolin DL (2017) The frontline of invasion: the current Northern limit of the invasive range of emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), in European Russia. Baltic Forestry 23(1), 309-315.

* Shchurov VI, Zamotajlov AS (2022) [First records of the emerald ash borer Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire, 1888 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) in Krasnodar Territory]. Proceedings of 24th International Scientific Conference devoted to the 30th anniversary of the Republic of Ingushetia ‘The Biological Diversity of the Caucasus and South of Russia’ (ed. by Tochiev TY et al.) (Magas, RU, 2022-11-17/20), 558–565 (in Russian). https://www.elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=50269203

* Volkovitsh MG, Bieńkowski AO, Orlova-Bienkowskaja MJ (2021) Emerald ash borer approaches the borders of the European Union and Kazakhstan and is confirmed to infest European ash. Forests 12, 691. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12060691

* Straw NA, Williams DT, Kulinich O, Gninenko YI (2013) Distribution, impact and rate of spread of emerald ash borer Agrilus planipennis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) in the Moscow region of Russia. Forestry. doi: 10.1093/forestry/cpt031

* Volkovitsh MG, Suslov DV (2020) The first record of the emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), in Saint Petersburg signals a real threat to the palace and park ensembles of Peterhof and Oranienbaum. In: Musolin DL, Kirichenko NI, Selikhovkin AV (eds.) Dendrobiotic invertebrates and fungi and their role in forest ecosystems. Saint Petersburg State Forest Technical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia. pp. 121-122. DOI: 10.21266/SPBFTU.2020.KATAEV
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Belarus Absent, no pest record view...
China Heilongjiang Present, no details view...
China Neimenggu Absent, unreliable record view...
China Sichuan Absent, unreliable record view...
China Shandong Present, no details view...
China Xinjiang Present, no details view...
China Hebei Present, no details view...
China Liaoning Present, no details view...
China Present, no details view...
China Tianjin Present, no details view...
China Jilin Present, no details view...
China Beijing Present, no details view...
Estonia Absent, confirmed by survey view...
Korea Dem. People's Republic Present, no details view...
Latvia Absent, confirmed by survey view...
Mongolia Absent, unreliable record view...
Ukraine Present, restricted distribution view...