EPPO Global Database

Dryocoetes himalayensis(DRYOHI)

Distribution details in Czech Republic

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2018: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2009
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2019/056) : first record in 2009 in Břeclav district, it then spread to other localities but only in Southern Moravia.
References
* Foit J, Kašák J, Májek T, Knížek M, Hoch G & Steyder G (2017) First observations on the breeding ecology of invasive Dryocoetes himalayensis Strohmeyer, 1908 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in its introduced range in Europe. Journal of Forest Science 63 (6), 290–292.
------- In Vranovice (Brno district).

* Knížek M (2011) Faunistic records from the Czech Republic 307 – Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae. Klapalekiana 47, 12.
------ First record in Pavlov-Dívčí Hrady (Břeclav district).

* Procházka J, Stejskal R, Čížek L, Hauck D & Knížek M (2018) Dryocoetes himalayensis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), a new bark beetle species for Slovakia and Austria, and its occurrence in the Czech Republic. Klapalekiana 54, 117–121.
------- More details for Southern Moravia.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Austria Present, few occurrences view...
Germany Present, few occurrences view...
Slovakia Present, few occurrences view...