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European Spruce Bark Beetle, Adult - Daniel Adam Office National des Forêts, France

Scientific Name:

Ips typographus L. (Cognato and Sun 2007)

Common Name:

European spruce bark beetle (ESBB)

Native To:

Europe and Asia (Wood and Bright 1992)

Date of U.S. Introduction:

Not currently established in the U.S. (Økland et al. 2011)

Means of Introduction:

Intercepted in packing crates and unprocessed wood items at ports (Haack 2001)

Impact:

Destructive pest of spruce (Picea spp.) that has caused extensive tree losses in Europe (CABI)

Current U.S. Distribution:

Not currently established

Images

Google Images - European Spruce Bark Beetle

Google.

Invasive.org - European Spruce Bark Beetle

University of Georgia. Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health.

PADIL - European Spruce Bark Beetle

Australian Plant Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre. Pests and Diseases Image Library.

Videos

YouTube - County Seat Episode 22 Bark Beetle in Utah

Google. YouTube; County Seat TV (Utah).

Selected Resources

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Partnership

Screening Aid - European Spruce Bark Beetle (Jun 2015) (PDF | 6.82 MB)

USDA. APHIS. PPQ. CPHST. Identification Technology Program.

See also: ITP Products for more screening aids

Profiles of Selected Forest Pests - Ips typographus (2009) (PDF | 453 KB)

UN. Food and Agriculture Organization.

See also: Global Review of Forest Pests and Diseases for more fact sheets

EPPO Global Database - Anoplophora malasiaca and Anoplophora chinensis

European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization.

Global Invasive Species Database - Ips typographus (insect)

IUCN. Species Survival Commission. Invasive Species Specialist Group.

Invasive Insects in Canadian Forests - European Spruce Bark Beetle

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada; Silv-Econ Ltd.

Invasive Species Compendium - Ips typographus

CAB International.

Possible New Introduction: European Spruce Bark Beetle

University of Georgia. Bugwood Network. Bark and Wood Boring Beetles of the World.

International Government

Forest Invasive Alien Species - European Spruce Bark Beetle

Natural Resources Canada. Canadian Forest Service.

Invasive Species - European Spruce Bark Beetle

Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

Academic

Forecasting Invasion Risks: Factsheets - European Spruce Bark Beetle (Feb 2010) (PDF | 1.4 MB)

Michigan State University. Integrated Pest Management Program.

See also: Forecasting Invasion Risks for more factsheets

Citations

CABI. Invasive Species Compendium. Ips typographus. CAB International. [Accessed Nov 24, 2015].
Cognato, A.I., and J.H. Sun. 2007. DNA based cladograms augment the discovery of a new Ips species from China (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) Cladistics 23(6):539-551.
Haack, R.A. 2001. Intercepted Scolytidae at U.S. ports of entry: 1985-2000. Integrated Pest Management Reviews 6(3):253-282.
Økland, B., N. Erbilgin, O. Skarpaas, E. Christiansen, and B. Långström. 2011. Inter-species interactions and ecosystem effects of non-indigenous invasive and native tree-killing bark beetles. Biological Invasions 13(5):1151-1164.
Wood, S.L. and D.E. Bright. 1992. A catalog of Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera). Part 2: taxonomic index. Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs 13:835-1557.