EPPO Global Database

Corythucha marmorata(CRTHMA)

Distribution details in Japan

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2021: Present, restricted distribution
Comments
First found in Nishinomiya city (Hyogo prefecture, Honshu) in 2000. Then found in the Kii peninsula (Honshu, in 2003-2004) and Skikoku island (in 2004-2007). In Shikoku, it was first observed in the prefectures of Tokushima and Ehime, and by 2007 it was present across the whole island.
References
* Hasegawa S, Tuskada M (2021) Host range expansion by the invasive herbivore Corythucha marmorata (Uhler, 1878) is not caused by better quality of new hosts. Journal of Entomological Research Society 23(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.51963/jers.v23i1.1846

* Kato A, Ohbayashi N (2009) Habitat expansion of an exotic lace bug, Corythucha marmorata (Uhler) (Hemiptera: Tingidae), on the Kii Peninsula and Shikoku Island in western Japan. Entomological Science 12, 130-134 (abst.).

* Sakata Y, Yamasaki M, Ohgushi T (2016) Urban landscape and forest vegetation regulate the range expansion of an exotic lace bug Corythucha marmorata (Hemiptera: Tingidae). Entomological Science 19, 315-318.