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.
EPPO Reporting Service (2024/171) : extension of the demarcated area in Kent. First found on Picea sitchensis. 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.
EPPO Reporting Service (2024/171) : extension of the demarcated area in Kent. First found on Picea sitchensis. 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 (2024) Recent outbreaks of the spruce bark beetle Ips typographus in the UK: Discovery, management, and implications. Trees, Forests and People 16, 100508. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2024.100508
* Brown D (1997) Beetles threaten timber industry. Daily Telegraph, 1997-08-29.
* Forestry Commission (2024-07-25). Press release. New warning as Ips typographus tree pest found on new species. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-warning-as-ips-typographus-tree-pest-found-on-new-species
* 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
* Inward DJ, Caiti E, Barnard K, Hasbroucq S, Reed K, Grégoire JC (2024) Evidence of cross-channel dispersal into England of the forest pest Ips typographus. Journal of Pest Science 14, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-024-01763-4
* 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 (2024) Recent outbreaks of the spruce bark beetle Ips typographus in the UK: Discovery, management, and implications. Trees, Forests and People 16, 100508. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2024.100508
* Brown D (1997) Beetles threaten timber industry. Daily Telegraph, 1997-08-29.
* Forestry Commission (2024-07-25). Press release. New warning as Ips typographus tree pest found on new species. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-warning-as-ips-typographus-tree-pest-found-on-new-species
* 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
* Inward DJ, Caiti E, Barnard K, Hasbroucq S, Reed K, Grégoire JC (2024) Evidence of cross-channel dispersal into England of the forest pest Ips typographus. Journal of Pest Science 14, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-024-01763-4
* NPPO of the UK (2010-03, 2018-12, 2019-11).
* Winter TG (1985) Entomologist's Gazette 36 (2), 153-160.