EPPO Global Database

Halyomorpha halys(HALYHA)

Distribution details in Georgia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2016
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2017/077) : first found in 2016 in the municipality of Khobi (Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region) and Pitsunda (Abkhazia).
References
* Gapon DA (2017) First records of the brown marmorated stink bug Halyomorpha halys (Stål, 1855) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) in Russia, Abkhazia, and Georgia. Entomological Review 96(8), 851-854.
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* Japoshvili G, Arabuli T, Salakaia M, Tskaruashvili Z, Kirkitadze G, Talamas E (2022) Surveys for Halyomorpha halys (Stål)(Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) and its biocontrol potential by parasitic wasps in the Republic of Georgia (Sakartvelo). Phytoparasitica 50(1), 127-137.
------- surveys in 2019-2020 detected the pest in all visited orchards in Kartli and Kakheti regions (western Georgia) but not in eastern Georgia.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Armenia Present, restricted distribution view...
Russia Present, restricted distribution view...
Russia Southern Russia Present, restricted distribution view...
Türkiye Present, restricted distribution view...