EPPO Global Database

Diabrotica virgifera virgifera(DIABVI)

Distribution details in Russia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2018: Present, few occurrences
First recorded in: 2011
From CABI Pest map 576 (2012): Present, few occurrences
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2012/007) : first specimens caught in August 2011 near Matveev Kurgan (Rostov region, Southern Russia), under official control.

EPPO Reporting Service (2019/185) : according to Bieńkowski and Orlova-Bienkowskaja (2018), the pest did not establish in Russia.
References
* Bieńkowski AO, Orlova-Bienkowskaja MJ (2018) Alien leaf beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) of European Russia and some general tendencies of leaf beetle invasions. PLoS ONE 13(9), e0203561. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203561

* INTERNET
- Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance. News of 2011-08-24 and 2011-08-30 (in Russian only). http://fsvps.ru/fsvps/news/3470.html and http://fsvps.ru/fsvps/news/3481.html
- Russian national Plant Quarantine Centre (in Russian only). http://www.vniikr.ru/
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Belarus Present, restricted distribution view...
Estonia Absent, confirmed by survey view...
Finland Absent, no pest record view...
Poland Present, widespread view...
Ukraine Present, restricted distribution view...