A New Outbreak of the European Spruce Bark Beetle,Ips typographus (L.) (Coleoptera,Curculionidae) in Leningrad Province

Entomological Review - A new and potentially severe outbreak of the European spruce bark beetle Ips typographus began in Leningrad Province in 2021. The permanent presence of the species in...     

Species Composition and Population Dynamics of Dominant Dendrophagous Moths (Lepidoptera) in St. Petersburg and Its Environs

Entomological Review - The paper summarizes new and literature data on the species composition, trophic relationships, and population dynamics of phyllophagous lepidopterans dominant on woody...     

Modern forest entomology: Directions of research, problems, and prospects

Based on analysis of publications, the principal directions of research carried out in the field of forest entomology in Russia and abroad are considered. Most of the foreign papers are published by entomologists from the USA (27%), Sweden (14%), Canada (12%), and Finland (8%), many studies are carried out by international research teams. In all, the publications considered cover over 90 species of forest insects (excluding predators and parasites) that may act as more or less important forest pests. Most of the papers are devoted to species of great economic significance. Most effort in entomological studies carried out in Russia is focused on the role of phytophagous insects in forest ecosystems, their population dynamics and the factors of its regulation, and ecology of selected pest species. In the studies carried out abroad, much more attention is paid to physiology of insects, the problems of communication, looking for pheromones, kairomones, and antifeedants to be used as new agents of plant protection and improvement of methods of their application, and also to interactions between phytophages and their host plants. The problems hindering development of forest entomology in Russia are considered; most of them result from lack of steady financial support of this field of research from the government.     

Bark and Ambrosia Beetles (Coleoptera,Curculionidae: Scolytinae) of Northwest Russia: History of the Study,Composition and Genesis of the Fauna

Entomological Review - An essay of the fauna of bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in five federal subjects of Northwest Russia is presented. The species composition of scolytids...