33. Tomicus minor (Hartig, 1834)

Distribution. Great Britain, West Europe from Portugal, Spain, France to Scandinavian and Baltic countries, Belarus, Ukraine, European Russia, Cyprus, Turkey, Iran, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Siberia, Russian Far East, China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan; introduced to Nearctic Region (Knížek 2011b; Alonso-Zarazaga et al. 2017, 2023); as Blastophagus reported by Stark (1952) and by Arnoldi et al. (1955) from Caucasus and as Tomicus by Nikitsky & Izhevsky (2005) also from Transcaucasia without country data. Armenia: also as Blastophagus reported by Mirzoian (1951) from Lori (Stepanavan) and Tavush (Dilijan, Ijevan) Provinces, and by S. Iablokoff-Khnzorian (1976) and S. Mirzoian (1977) from all pine forests of the same Provinces.

Hosts. Pinus .