EPPO Global Database

Harmonia axyridis(HARNAX)

Distribution details in Czech Republic

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2020: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2006
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2009/194) : flightless strain was released in hop gardens in 2003 but did not establish, current populations probably spread from Germany. First specimens were collected in the wild in 2006.
References
* Brown PMJ, Adriaens T, Bathon H, Cuppen J, Goldarazena, Hägg T, Kenis M, Klausnitzer BEM, Kovář I, Loomans AJM, Majerus MEN, Nedved O, Pedersen J, Rabitsch W, Roy HE, Ternois V, Zakharov IA, Roy DB (2008) Harmonia axyridis in Europe: spread and distribution of a non-native coccinellid. BioControl 53(1), 5-21.

* Brown PMJ, Thomas CE, Lombaert E, Jeffries DL, Estoup A, Lawson Handley LJ (2011) The global spread of Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): distribution, dispersal and routes of invasion. BioControl 56(4), 623-641.

* Honek A, Brown PMJ, Martinkova Z, Skuhrovec J, Brabec M, Burgio G, Evans EW, Fournier M, Grez AA, Kulfan J et al. (2020) Factors determining variation in colour morph frequencies in invasive Harmonia axyridis populations. Biological Invasions 22, 2049–2062. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-020-02238-0
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Austria Present, no details view...
Germany Present, no details view...
Poland Present, no details view...
Slovakia Present, no details view...