First Report of the Larch Longhorn (<i>Tetropium gabrieli</i> Weise, Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Spondylidinae) on <i>Larix</i> spp. in Lithuania
Jūratė Lynikienė,
Vytautas Tamutis,
Artūras Gedminas,
Adas Marčiulynas,
Audrius Menkis
Affiliations
Jūratė Lynikienė
Institute of Forestry, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Liepu Str. 1, Girionys, LT-53101 Kaunas District, Lithuania
Vytautas Tamutis
Kaunas Botanical Garden, Vytautas Magnus University, Ž. E. Žilibero St. 6, LT-46324 Kaunas, Lithuania
Artūras Gedminas
Institute of Forestry, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Liepu Str. 1, Girionys, LT-53101 Kaunas District, Lithuania
Adas Marčiulynas
Institute of Forestry, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Liepu Str. 1, Girionys, LT-53101 Kaunas District, Lithuania
Audrius Menkis
Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala BioCenter, P.O. Box 7026, SE-75007 Uppsala, Sweden
Tetropium gabrieli is known to be native to the Alps in Europe where it breeds in European larch (Larix decidua), but it has spread to other areas and was reported in Poland, Sweden, Denmark and Belorussia. Although T. gabrieli is considered an important secondary pest of Larix spp., it can be particularly harmful to trees subjected to abiotic stress. Here we report that in Lithuania, T. gabrieli was for the first time captured in 2019 using sticky traps attached to Larix spp. trees. Two adult beetles were trapped at two different sites in central Lithuania, and this was in the period between 10th of May and 5th of June. Regarding potential threats caused by this insect pest, this new finding requires special attention, particularly on its biology, ecology, and local distribution.
