The unexpected introductions of exotic organisms between different countries are being accelerated by the global climate change and increasing international trade. Especially, many exotic insects cause serious economic losses and ecological disturbance in invaded areas. Since the uncertainty of potential impact, a priori conception has to be established for better emergency response. The risk assessment of national and foreign examples will be presented together with an evaluation of the current status.

Invasive exotic insects are rapidly increasing and spreading in a short period of time, threatening the ecosystem. Now, we need technology to monitor the dispersal of exotic insects and to strengthen the ecosystem risk assessment. The United States, Europe, and other countries are fully equipped with a biological control system for threats to biodiversity through systematic investigation and database construction, but Korea is not. Risk assessment and development of a dispersal/change prediction model are essential to maintain a safe ecosystem from invasive exotic species. This research group is carrying out a study to minimize the ecological damage by developing a prediction model of dispersal/change for invading alien insect species, a risk assessment technology and a response manual for management. I would like to look into the current state of exotic insect invasion through this small group meeting, and look for directions to study in the future.

전 세계적으로 생물다양성 감소가 가속화 되고 있으며, 특히 외래생물의 유입은 생물다양성을 위협하는 가장 심각한 요인 중 하나이다. 우리나라 또한 외래생물의 유입이 증가하고 있는데, 환경부 기준 외래생물 은 2011년 1,109종에서 2013년 2,167종으로 두 배 가까이 증가되었다. 2,167종 중 곤충류는 136종으로 많은 외래곤충의 유입이 확인되었고, 이외에 공식적으로 집계되지 않은 종을 포함하면 그 수는 훨씬 늘어날 것이다. 2014년부터 국립생태원의 외래생물 안전관리 연구는 위해우려종 발굴, 외래생물 전국 서식실태조사, 외래생물 정밀조사, 생태계 위해성 평가, 생태계교란 생물 모니터링 등 크게 5가지로 구분된다. 위해우려종 발굴 및 지정건의를 통해 유입 전 단계부터 생태계교란 생물의 지정 건의 및 모니터링을 통해 유입 후 관리까지 5가지의 과제가 톱니바퀴처럼 물려가며 수행되고 있다. 국립생태원 외래곤충 분야의 주요 연구 성과는 260여종의 위해우려종 후보종 발굴, 5종의 외래생물 정밀조사, 8종의 생태계 위해성평가를 수행하였다. 그 중 4종을 생태계교란 생물로 지정 건의하여 1종(붉은불개미)이 생태계교란 생물로 지정되었다. 또한, 꽃매미를 포함한 2종의 생태계교란 생물을 모니터링 하고 있으며, 국내 유입될 경우 생물다양성에 미치는 영향을 널리 알리고자 ’위해우려 외래곤충 100종’ 책자를 발간하여 배포하기도 하였다.

Korea has been importing large quantities of plant materials from countries annually all over the world. Accordingly,various kinds of pests have been also detected during import inspections. In addition, these days the weather in Koreahas been getting warmer and a number of imported subtropical and tropical crops are being cultivated in greenhouses.In these regards, conducting a monitoring survey by using pheromone traps is required in order to prevent introductionand settlement of invasive species to Korea. we provide a list of insects collected from five types of pheromone trapscollected while monitoring exotic pests over the last seven years. Data from the monitoring surveys of pheromone trapsfrom 2010 to 2016 was extracted from database of the Plant Quarantine Integration System (PQIS) developed by theAnimal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA). As a result of our review on the PQIS database, 119 species were identified.The families forming the main groups are Tephritidae, Tortricidae, Camillidae and Cosmopterigidae. We believe that researchersand inspectors in charge of quarantine need to be well aware of the species collected from monitoring traps.