EPPO Global Database

Ips duplicatus(IPSXDU)

Distribution details in Czech Republic

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2019: Present, widespread
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, widespread (2019-02)
Comments
First unconfirmed and unverifiable report in territory of today's Czech Republic was published in 1914. Confirmed reports from 1930s.

EPPO Reporting Service (2011/039) : mainly found in the north-eastern part of Czech Republic on Picea abies, but spreading towards the south and west.

From NPPO (2019): annual monitoring surveys have showed that I. duplicatus is widespread in Czech Republic.
References
* Holuša J, Grodzki W (2008) Occurrence of Ips duplicatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) on pines (Pinus sp.) in the Czech Republic and southern Poland – Short Communication. Journal of Forest Science 54(5), 234–236.

* Holuša J, Lubojacky J, Knizek M (2010) Distribution of the double-spined spruce bark beetle in the Czech Republic: spreading in 1997-2009. Phytoparasitica 38(5), 435-443.

* NPPO of Czech Republic (1994, 2019-02).

* Zumr, V. (1983) Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca 80 (2), 150.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Austria Present, restricted distribution view...
Germany Present, restricted distribution view...
Poland Present, restricted distribution view...
Slovakia Present, restricted distribution view...