EPPO Global Database

Ips duplicatus(IPSXDU)

Distribution details in Belgium

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2021: Absent, pest no longer present
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2007/133) : caught in a location where logs from Russia and the Baltic countries are frequently unloaded. Transient.

In 2020, Wermelinger et al. considered (based on a personal communication with JC Grégoire) that although I. duplicatus was trapped in Belgium (see above) it has not established.
References
* Piel F, Grégoire JC, Knížek M (2006) New occurrence of Ips duplicatus Sahlberg in Herstal (Liege, Belgium). Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 36(3), 529-530.

* Wermelinger B, Schneider Mathis D, Knížek M, Forster B (2020) Tracking the spread of the northern bark beetle (Ips duplicatus [Sahlb.]) in Europe and first records from Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Alpine Entomology 4, 179-184. https://doi.org/10.3897/alpento.4.53808
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
France Absent, invalid record view...
Germany Present, restricted distribution view...
Netherlands Absent, no pest record view...