Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
INTERNATIONAL ARTVIN SYMPOSIUM, Artvin, Türkiye, 18 - 20 Ekim 2018, ss.145-156
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.