Forecasting the potential area of an invasive species Cylindrocopturus adspersus LeConte (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Ukraine
Journal: Journal of Plant Protection Research
Year: 2023

The sunflower stem weevil, Cylindrocopturus adspersus LeConte is a quarantine intra-stem pest of sunflower, distributed mainly in the United States, and discovered in the Kherson region of Ukraine in 2020. The objective of this study was to establish a possible distribution zone of this species in Ukraine based on the results of bioclimatic modeling. The model was built by using programs DIVA GIS version 7.5.0 and BIOCLIM, which search for areas that are suitable for a particular organism, throu