EPPO Global Database

Aromia bungii(AROMBU)

Distribution details in Japan

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2012
From CABI Pest map 781 (2014): Present, few occurrences
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2013/188) : first identified in June 2013 (according to Shoda-Kagaya, first found in 2011) on cherry and apricot trees in the Western part of the Aichi prefecture (Ama district).

EPPO Reporting Service (2019/160) : further findings in different regions of Honshu, also found in Shikoku.
References
* INTERNET
- AgriNews (2013-06-21) The first longicorn beetle in Japan confirmed in Aichi, damaging cherry and Japanese apricot trees. http://english.agrinews.co.jp/?p=482
- Aichi Prefectoral Government. News of 2013-06-18 (in Japanese). http://www.pref.aichi.jp/byogaichu/2013/tokusyuhou/tokusyuhou2402.pdf
------- First record in Honshu (Aichi prefecture).

* Nakano A (2018) Damage caused by the red-necked longhorn beetle, Aromia bungii in Tokushima Prefecture and control measure (in Japanese). 43(1), 12-16. Japanese Journal of Pesticide Science. https://doi.org/10.1584/jpestics.W18-09
------- First in Shikoku (Tokushima prefecture) in 2015.

* Shoda-Kagaya E (2019) [Invasion of red-necked longhorn beetle, Aromia bungii into Japan: biology, rosaceae trees damages and control methods]. Annual Report of the Kanto-Tosan Plant Protection Society no. 66, 1-3 (in Japanese).
------- First found in 2011, present in 10 prefectures in Honshu and Shikoku Islands, attacking Prunus trees such as Prunus x yedoensis, P. persica and P. mume.

* Tamura S, Shoda-Kagaya E (2022) Genetic differences among established populations of Aromia bungii (Faldermann, 1835)(Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Japan: suggestion of multiple introductions. Insects, 13(2), 217. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13020217
------- present in 6 non-contiguous regions (map available in article).

* Yamamoto Y, Kaneko S (2022) Seasonal prevalence of the invasive longhorn beetle Aromia bungii in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Insects 13, 222. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13030222
------- Osaka prefecture.