EPPO Global Database

Spodoptera frugiperda(LAPHFR)

Distribution details in Korea, Republic

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2020: Transient
First recorded in: 2019
Pest status declared by NPPO: Transient: actionable, under eradication (2020-05)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2019/137) : first found in 2019 in 4 maize fields on the island of Jeju. Under eradication.

From NPPO (2020): 2 adult males were detected in a maize field in Jeju island in May 2020. Eradication continues.
References
* IPPC website. Official Pest Reports
- Republic of Korea (KOR-10/4 of 2020-05-25) Report of first detection of fall armyworm (FAW) in Republic of Korea. https://www.ippc.int/en/countries/republic-of-korea/pestreports/2020/05/report-of-first-detection-of-fall-armyworm-faw-in-2020-of-republic-of-korea/
- Republic of Korea (KOR-08/2 of 2019-06-21) Report of first detection of fall armyworm (FAW) in Republic of Korea. https://www.ippc.int/en/countries/republic-of-korea/pestreports/2019/06/report-of-first-detection-of-fall-armywormfaw-in-republic-of-korea/

* Suh S-J, Choi D-S, Na S-M (2021) Occurrence status of the fall armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in South Korea. Insecta Mundi 0850, 1-5.

* Suh S-J (2020) Surveillance for Spodoptera frugiperda, fall armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in South Korea. EPPO Bulletin 50(3), 568-571.