EPPO Global Database

Polygraphus proximus(POLGPR)

Distribution details in Japan

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Present, no details
References
* Nobuchi A (1979) Bark beetles of tribe Polygraphini in Japan (Coleoptera, Scolytidae). Bulletin of the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute 308, 1-14.

* Takagi E, D. Masaki D, Köbayashi K, Takei S (2021) Trunk diameter influences attack by Polygraphus proximus and subsequent mortality of Abies veitchii. Forest Ecology and Management, 479(1), 118617. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118617

* Takagi E (2022) Host preference of the tree‐killing bark beetle Polygraphus proximus across a geographic boundary separating host species. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 170, 1001– 1007.

* Tokuda M, Shoubu M, Yamaguchi D, Yukawa J (2008) Defoliation and dieback of Abies firma (Pinaceae) trees caused by Parendaeus abietinus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and Polygraphus proximus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) on Mount Unzen, Japan. Applied Entomology and Zoology 43(1), 1-10.