EXPANSION OF <i>HARMONIA AXYRIDIS</i> (PALLAS, 1773) (COLEOPTERA: COCCINELLIDAE) IN THE EUROPEAN PART OF RUSSIA IS CONTINUING

Abstract

In the European part of Russia, the first records of multicoloured Asian ladybird Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1773) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) were observed in 2004 from the territory of the Belgorod Region. In recent years (2018-2020) H. axyridis has quickly spread across the Volga Region and the center of European Russia, and this expansion is continuing. In 2021-2022 H. axyridis was recorded in Saint-Petersburg, Leningrad, Sverdlovsk, Vologda Regions and Mari El Republic for the first time. The findings of H. axyridis from Ekaterinburg are the first record for Trans-Urals territory and the easternmost locality known in invasive (European) part of the species range.