List of invasive species in Ukraine
The list of species in Ukraine consists of invasive species. Invasive species in Ukraine are a significant threat to many native habitats and species and a significant cost to agriculture, forestry, and recreation. The term "invasive species" can refer to introduced/naturalized species, feral species, or introduced diseases. Some introduced species do not cause significant economic or ecologic damage and are not widely considered as invasive.
Invasive insect species in Ukraine
- Box tree moth[1]
- Colorado potato beetle
- Fall webworm
- Asian ladybeetle
- Horse-chestnut leaf miner
- Russian pig-flies
- Megachile sculpturalis [2]
Invasive fish species in Ukraine
- Chinese sleeper
- Largemouth bass
- Prussian carp
- Pumpkinseed
- Topmouth gudgeon
Invasive plant species in Ukraine
- Amur cork tree
- Canada goldenrod
- Canadian waterweed
- Common milkweed
- Common ragweed
- Common tumbleweed
- Creeping speedwell
- Curlycup gumweed
- Daisy fleabane
- Diffuse knapweed
- Echinocystis lobata
- False acacia
- False indigo-bush
- Gallant soldier
- Giant hogweed[3]
- Giant knotweed
- Giant sumpweed
- Himalayan balsam
- Horseweed
- Jerusalem artichoke
- Large-flowered evening-primrose
- Large-leaved lupine
- Manitoba maple
- Northern red oak
- Pilewort
- Powell's amaranth
- Prostrate pigweed
- Redroot pigweed
- Shrubby hare's-ear
- Silver berry
- Small balsam
- Sosnowsky's hogweed
- Sticktights
- Tall hedge mustard
- Turkish wartycabbage
- Virginia creeper
Other invasive animal species in Ukraine
- American mink
- New Zealand mud snail
- Peach blossom jellyfish
- Quagga mussel
- Raccoon dog
- Spanish slug
- Veined rapa whelk
- Warty comb jelly
- Zebra mussel
References
- ^ Marchenko, A. (27 December 2022). "Ecological aspects of manifestations of the inva-sive species Cydalima Perspectalis (Walker, 1859) in urbanized ecosystems". Agrobìologìâ (2(174)): 153–160. doi:10.33245/2310-9270-2022-174-2-153-160.
- ^ Mulenko, M.; Gorenkov, D.; Burkovsky, O.; Pylypiuk, K.; Honchar, H. (4 October 2022). "New records of the invasive species Megachile sculpturalis, Smith, 1853 in Ukraine". Studia Biologica. 16 (3): 61–70. doi:10.30970/sbi.1603.690.
- ^ Pashkevich, Nataliia (11 January 2023). "Invasive species threat resulting from Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine – Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group". Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group.
