EPPO Global Database

Ips amitinus(IPSXAM)

Distribution details in Sweden

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2019: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2012
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2013/041) : reported for the first time in 2012, present in the northern part of Sweden.
References
* Lindelöw Å (2013) [Ips amitinus (Coleoptera, Scolytinae) expected and found in Sweden]. Entomologisk Tidskrift, 134, 203–206 (in Swedish).
-------- First found in 2012 near the Finnish border in a pile of debarked, freshly cut logs (Pinus sylvestris and Picea abies) along a road between Vittangi and Lainio.

* NPPO of Sweden (2012-09).

* Økland B, Flø D, Schroeder M, Zach P, Cocos D, Martikainen P, Siitonen J, Mandelshtam MY, Musolin D, Neuvonen S, Vakula J, Nikolov C, Lindelöw A, Voolma K (2019) Range expansion of the small spruce bark beetle Ips amitinus: a newcomer in northern Europe. Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 13 pp. DOI: 10.1111/afe.12331
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Finland Present, widespread view...