Forest Pests Survey: 2013 - 2022
In addition to the tourism aspect of Kentucky’s parks system, Kentucky’s forest and wood industry is extremely important to the state. In 2012, that industry added $9.9 billion to the economy and employed over 51,000 Kentuckians. Kentucky is the leading producer of hardwood timber in the south and one of the top three in the United States (KY Forest Economic Impact Report 2012-2013).
The pests for which we will survey are moth pests of oak trees so establishment of any of the pests could impact the tourism, ecology, and economy within the state greatly.
Photo: Joseph Benzel
Photo: Louis-Michel Nageleisen
| Year |
Number of Forested Sites |
Pests in Survey (0 found unless noted) |
Map |
| 2022 | 20 |
Oak Ambrosia Beetle Oak Processionary Moth False Codling Moth Rosy Moth Light Brown Apple Moth Spotted Lanternfly Asian Longhorned Beetle |
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| 2021 | 20 |
Oak Processionary Moth Rosy Moth Oak Ambrosia Beetle Oak Splendour Beetle False Codling Moth |
 |
| 2020 | 20 |
Oak Processionary Moth Light Brown Apple Moth Rosy Moth Oak Ambrosia Beetle Oak Splendour Beetle |
 |
| 2019 | 20 |
Variegated Golden Tortrix Oak Processionary Moth Green Oak Tortrix False Codling Moth Rosy Moth |
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| 2018 | 20 |
Variegated Golden Tortrix Oak Processionary Moth Green Oak Tortrix False Codling Moth Rosy Moth |
 |
| 2017 | 20 |
Variegated Golden Tortrix Oak Processionary Moth Green Oak Tortrix False Codling Moth Rosy Moth Egyptian Cottonworm |
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| 2016 | 20 |
Summer Fruit Tortrix Variegated Golden Tortrix Rosy Moth Egyptian Cottonworm Oak Processionary Moth False Codling Moth Green Oak Tortrix |
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| 2015 | 20 |
Summer Fruit Tortrix Variegated Golden Tortrix Light Brown Apple Moth Rosy Moth Egyptian Cottonworm Oak Processionary Moth Green Oak Tortrix False Codling Moth Hemlock Woolly Adelgid |
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| 2014 | 20 |
Summer Fruit Tortrix Variegated Golden Tortrix Light Brown Apple Moth Rosy Moth Egyptian Cottonworm Oak Processionary Moth Green Oak Tortrix False Codling Moth Hemlock Woolly Adelgid |
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| 2013 | 22 |
Summer Fruit Tortrix Variegated Golden Tortrix Light Brown Apple Moth Rosy Moth Egyptian Cottonworm Oak Processionary Moth Green Oak Tortrix False Codling Moth Hemlock Woolly Adelgid* *159 positive trees (Powell, Magoffin, Martin Counties) |
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Photo: Gyorgy Csoka
