Greetings Forent list-serve members:
 
At the request of the European Plant Protection Organization, Dan Herms and I are attempting to construct a documented distribution of bronze birch borer (BBB, Agrilus anxius) in the United States and Canada.  We are also working on a paper for publication. 
 
We have conducted a thorough literature review, but may have missed some sources.  We also suspect that we can fill in some gaps with authoritative “personal communications.”  For example, we have definitive records of bronze birch borer in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Vermont, but no definitive record of presence from nearby Rhode Island or New Hampshire.
 
We would be very grateful if you would share your insights regarding the distribution of bronze birch borer in the U.S. states and Canadian provinces listed below for which definitive information is lacking.  If you are so inclined, please review the following list and let us know the status of bronze birch borer in your state or province, especially those listed in the following categories:
 
1.      BBB listed as present in a secondary source but without reference to specific reports or corroborating evidence
2.      BBB mentioned in extension material without specific report of presence in that state/province.

3.      BBB distribution status unknown

 
If you would be willing to allow us to cite your response for publication purposes as a “personal communication”, could you please explicitly include your permission for us to do so in your response?  We would then use the email as record of your permission to cite your response.
 
Thanks for your help!
Vanessa Muilenburg

Post-doctoral Research Scientist
Department of Entomology
The Ohio State University
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
1680 Madison Ave
Wooster, OH 44691
phone: 330-466-6708
fax: 330-263-3686
email: muilenburg.1@buckeyemail.osu.edu

 
1. BBB definitively present or absent (specific, credible report in peer-reviewed, agency, extension literature, or personal communication).
New Brunswick
Newfoundland
Ontario
Quebec
Alabama
Arkansas 
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana 
Iowa
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nevada
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Oklahoma 
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
South Dakota
Texas
Virginia 
Washington
Wisconsin
Washington D.C.
 
2. BBB listed as present in secondary source, but without reference to specific report or corroborating evidence
Arizona (Johnson & Lyon 1988)
West Virginia (Johnson & Lyon 1988)
Tennessee (Johnson & Lyon 1988)
 
3. BBB mentioned in extension material but without specific report of presence. (e.g. state has a BBB fact sheet, but it doesn’t mention specifically that the insect is known to be present in that state),
Northwest Territories
Prince Edward Island
Delaware
Kansas
Nebraska
New Hampshire
North Dakota
Rhode Island
Vermont
Utah
Wyoming
 
4. BBB distribution status unknown
Labrador
Yukon
Florida
Hawaii
New Mexico