EPPO Global Database

Exomala orientalis(ANMLOR)

Distribution details in United States of America (South Carolina)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2014: Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2000/013) : one specimen

In 2013, an additional live specimen of Anomala orientalis was collected in Charleston, in May 2013, establishing a new southernmost record for the species in North America.
References
* Alm SR, Villani MG, Roelofs W (1999) Oriental beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): current distribution in the United States and optimization of monitoring traps. Journal of Economic Entomology, 92(4), 931-935.

* Hinson KR (2014) The Oriental Beetle Anomala orientalis Waterhouse (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from Charleston, South Carolina, and its Status in the Southeastern United States. Entomological News, 124(1), 64-66. https://doi.org/10.3157/021.124.0108