EPPO Global Database

Spodoptera frugiperda(LAPHFR)

Distribution details in Japan (Kyushu)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2019: Transient
First recorded in: 2019
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2019/138) : first found in July 2019 in a maize (Zea mays) field in Minamikyushu city, Kagoshima Prefecture.
References
* IPPC website. Official Pest Reports – Japan (JPN-08/6 of 2019-07-03) Report of first detection of Spodoptera frugiperda – Fall armyworm (FAW) in Japan. https://www.ippc.int/en/countries/japan/pestreports/2019/07/report-of-first-detection-of-spodoptera-frugipedera-fall-armyworm-faw-in-japan/