The first record of Asian ladybird Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1773) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Kabardino-Balkaria and the history of the expansion of this alien species in the Caucasus and south of European Russia in 2002–2015
Journal: Caucasian Entomological Bulletin
Year: 2016

Asian ladybird Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1773) is native for Asia. In last decades this species is spreading all over the world. Recently it appeared in some regions of the Caucasus and south of European Russia. The list of 48 localities of this species in the region and the map are presented. In 2002–2011 individual specimens were found in Adygea and south-west of Krasnodar Region (Russia), in eastern Georgia, and in Abkhazia. In 2012 an established population was found in Sochi (Russia). It c