EPPO Global Database

Leptoglossus occidentalis(LEPLOC)

Distribution details in Russia (Southern Russia)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2014/116) : first found in 2010 in Rostov province.

From Musolin et al. (2022): first found in Rostov-on-Don (and neighbouring Crimean peninsula). Also in Smolensk oblast, Voronezh city, Volgograd city, Stavropol krai, Krasnodar krai and north Ossetia.

From Godin et al. (2022): also in Belgorod oblast.
References
* Gapon DA (2013) First records of the western conifer seed bug Leptoglossus occidentalis Heid. (Heteroptera, Coreidae) from Russia and Ukraine, regularities in its distribution and possibilities of its range expansion in the palaearctic region. Entomological Review 93(2),174-181 (abst.).

* Godin AE, Miroshnikov AN, Prisniy Yu.A (2022) Additions to data on invasive insect species of Belgorod Region. Field Biologist Journal 4(4), 344–349. https://doi.org/10.52575/2712-9047-2022-4-4-344-349 (In Russian with English abstract)
------- Belgorod.

* Golub VB, Aksenenko EV, Soboleva VA, Kornev II (2020) New Data on the Distribution of the Tropical Bed Bug Cimex hemipterus and the Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis (Heteroptera: Cimicidae, Coreidae) in the European Part of Russia. Russian Journal of Biological Invasions 11, 97–100 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2075111720020046

* Musolin DL, Kirichenko NI, Karpun NN, Aksenenko EV, Golub VB, Kerchev IA, Mandelshtam MY, Vasaitis R, Volkovitsh MG, Zhuravleva EN, Selikhovkin AV (2022) Invasive insect pests of forests and urban trees in Russia: origin, pathways, damage, and management. Forests 13(4), 521. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13040521
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Belarus Present, few occurrences view...
Estonia Present, few occurrences view...
Finland Present, no details view...
Georgia Present, few occurrences view...
Kazakhstan Present, no details view...
Latvia Present, no details view...
Norway Present, no details view...
Poland Present, restricted distribution view...
Ukraine Present, restricted distribution view...