Ips typographus(IPSXTY)
Distribution details in United Kingdom
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2024: Transient
First recorded in: 2018
Pest status declared by NPPO: Transient, actionable, under eradication (2019-11)
From CABI Pest map 359 (1976): Absent, pest no longer present
First recorded in: 2018
Pest status declared by NPPO: Transient, actionable, under eradication (2019-11)
From CABI Pest map 359 (1976): Absent, pest no longer present
Since 1993, subject to EU protected zone for whole United Kingdom.
There is a 50-year old record in Scotland but the pest is no longer found.
EPPO Reporting Service (1997/168) : 20 adults found at a paper mill in North Wales. Appropriate measures applied. This situation was considered as an interception. I. typographus is no longer present in the UK.
From country itself (2010): not found during the official surveys in 2009.
EPPO Reporting Service (2019/057) : first caught in November 2018, in a trap in a forestry site in Kent (South-eastern England). Under eradication.
EPPO Reporting Service (2021/146) : two other populations have been found in Kent. Under eradication.
There is a 50-year old record in Scotland but the pest is no longer found.
EPPO Reporting Service (1997/168) : 20 adults found at a paper mill in North Wales. Appropriate measures applied. This situation was considered as an interception. I. typographus is no longer present in the UK.
From country itself (2010): not found during the official surveys in 2009.
EPPO Reporting Service (2019/057) : first caught in November 2018, in a trap in a forestry site in Kent (South-eastern England). Under eradication.
EPPO Reporting Service (2021/146) : two other populations have been found in Kent. Under eradication.
* Anon. (1988) 67th Annual Report and Accounts 1986-87, No. 37. Forestry Commission, Edinburgh, UK.
* Blake M, Straw N, Kendall T, Whitham T, Manea IA, Inward D, Jones B, Hazlitt N, Ockenden A, Deol A, Brown A. Recent outbreaks of the spruce bark beetle Ips typographus in the UK: discovery, management, and implications. Trees, Forests and People 100508. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2024.100508
* Brown D (1997) Beetles threaten timber industry. Daily Telegraph, 1997-08-29.
* GOV.UK (2021-07-05) Forestry Commission acts on bark beetle tree pests. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/forestry-commission-acts-on-bark-beetle-tree-pest
* NPPO of the UK (2010-03, 2018-12, 2019-11).
* Winter TG (1985) Entomologist's Gazette 36 (2), 153-160.
* Blake M, Straw N, Kendall T, Whitham T, Manea IA, Inward D, Jones B, Hazlitt N, Ockenden A, Deol A, Brown A. Recent outbreaks of the spruce bark beetle Ips typographus in the UK: discovery, management, and implications. Trees, Forests and People 100508. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2024.100508
* Brown D (1997) Beetles threaten timber industry. Daily Telegraph, 1997-08-29.
* GOV.UK (2021-07-05) Forestry Commission acts on bark beetle tree pests. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/forestry-commission-acts-on-bark-beetle-tree-pest
* NPPO of the UK (2010-03, 2018-12, 2019-11).
* Winter TG (1985) Entomologist's Gazette 36 (2), 153-160.