EPPO Global Database

Litylenchus crenatae(LITYCR)

Distribution details in Japan

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2019: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2010s
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2019/083) : described as a new species. Specimens were collected in 2014 and 2016 from leaves of Fagus crenata (mesophyll tissue) from Morioka, Iwate (Honshu). Affected leaves showed leaf galls. Similar symptoms had also been observed in Hokkaido in 2004.
References
* Kanzaki N, Ichihara Y, Aikawa T, Ekino T, Masuya H (2019) Litylenchus crenatae n. sp. (Tylenchomorpha: Anguinidae), a leaf gall nematode parasitizing Fagus crenata Blume. Nematology 21(1), 5-22. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/15685411-00003190