Artvin İli’nin İstilacı Yabancı Böcek Türleri

Turkey, which is surrounded by sea on three sides, has a border with eight countries. Within these

neighboring countries Georgia, Artvin covers a 276 kilometer distance from the eastern shore of the Black Sea

to the border of Armenia. A large part of this border region forms forests and agricultural lands. In the past,

there have been species of invasive insects that have migrated from these border-bound countries to our

country day by day, and nowadays this transition has accelerated with increasing transport, trade, travel and

tourism between the two countries. The consequences of harmful ecological, economic and human health

consequences of foreign invasive species can threaten biodiversity in natural ecosystems and cause destruction

in flora and fauna. In this study; Dendroctonus micans (Kugelann), Ips cembrae (Heer), Ips amitinus (Eichhoff), Ips

dublicatus (Sahlberg) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), Cydalima perspectalis (Walker) (Lepidoptera:

Crambidae), Ricania japonica (Walker) (Hemiptera: Ricaniidae) ve Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera:

Pentatomidae) have transitioned from the Artvin border of the Republic of Georgia to Turkey. D. micans, I.

cembrae, I. amitinus and I. dublicatus in the forests; C. perspectalis in the boxwood trees; R. japonica and H. halys in

almost all agricultural crops were found to be damaged in Artvin.