EPPO Global Database

Ips typographus(IPSXTY)

Distribution details in Spain

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2025: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1988
Comments
Present in Northern Spain: few specimen first recorded in 1988 in a forest of Abies alba in the Val d'Aran (Lleida province, Catalonia), in the Spanish Pyrennees, close to the French border. Presence confirmed in 2002 on Picea abies in Val d'Aran. Also detected in 2023 on Picea abies in Valle de Roncal (Navarra).
References
* Riba JM, Blas M, Rojo M, Altabella J, Guitart J (1988) Avanç de l'estudi bio-ecològic i de control dels perforadors Scolytidae que constitueixen plaga en les avetoses de la Vall d'Aran. Fulls d’Informació Tècnica; 164: 7 pp. Servei Protecció Vegetals (Dep. Agr. Ram. Pesca, Generalitat de Catalunya)

* Riba JM (1996) Inventario de los Scolytidae (Coleoptera) del NE España. BolBoletin - Asociacion Espanola de Entomologia 20, 63-74.

* Riba-Flinch JM (2021) Detection of Dendroctonus micans (Kugelann, 1794) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) and confirmation of the presence of Ips typographus (Linné, 1758) in Picea abies forest plantations of the Val d’Aran (Lleida, Spain). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa (S.E.A.) 68, 169–178.

* Riba-Flinch JM (2023) Detección de Ips typographus (Linné, 1758)(Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) en una plantación forestal de Picea abies en el Valle de Roncal (Navarra, España). Revista gaditana de Entomología 14, 43-53.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
France Present, restricted distribution view...
Portugal Absent, confirmed by survey view...