EPPO Global Database

Harmonia axyridis(HARNAX)

Distribution details in United Kingdom

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2020: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2004
From CABI Pest map 689 (2007): Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2009/194) : not introduced for biological control but first found in the wild in 2004 in England and in 2006 in Wales. Now widespread.

EPPO Reporting Service (2012/038) : first record in the wild in 2007 in Northern Ireland (no evidence of establishment) and in Scotland.
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, Roy HE, Rothery P, Roy DB, Ware RL, Majerus MEN (2008) Harmonia axyridis in Great Britain: analysis of the spread and distribution of a non-native coccinellid. BioControl 53(1), 55-67.

* 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