This pest survey card was prepared in the context of the EFSA mandate on plant pest surveillance (M-2020-0114), at the request of the European Commission. Its purpose is to guide the Member States in preparing data and information for surveys for Arrhenodes minutus (Coleoptera; Brentidae). These are required to design statistically sound and risk-based pest surveys in line with current international standards. Arrhenodes minutus is a Union quarantine pest, not known to occur in the EU (North American distribution) and surveys are aimed at substantiating pest freedom. Arrhenodes minutus is a wood-boring beetle and a potential vector of another Union quarantine pest, Bretziella fagacearum. The main host plants of A. minutus are Quercus, Fagus, Populus and Ulmus. Other trees belonging to different families are listed as potential hosts, but records are uncertain. If introduced to the EU, A. minutus is expected to become established in the Member States where host species are widespread. The trade of wood and woody materials of confirmed and potential hosts and the import of containers from the beetle’s native areas present a pathway for introduction of the insect. Plants for planting could be a secondary pathway for the introduction of the pest. The use of light traps with black light fluorescent lamps to catch adult beetles is recommended for detection surveys, while visual examination of trees to check for the presence of adults under loose bark near sap-leaking wounds on host trees could be used in delimiting surveys. Gallery systems are distinctive and could also be used to complement trapping as part of a delimiting survey. The beetles can be identified morphologically through examination of adult specimens, and identification can be confirmed molecularly through barcoding. Trapping surveys are best conducted during the spring and summer months when the adults fly.