EPPO Global Database

Lopholeucaspis japonica(LOPLJA)

Distribution details in Russian Federation (the)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2025: Present, restricted distribution
From CABI Pest map 582 (1998): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
Long present in the Far East, L. japonica was relatively recently introduced into southern Russia, at the Black Sea resort of Sochi, in Krasnodar province. It is reported there on ornamental trees (Konstantinova, 1992).

EPPO Reporting Service (2025/255) : appears in the 2024 report of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance of the Russian Federation as a quarantine pest of limited distribution in Russia: present in 2 federal subjects (375 ha).
References
* Maslyakov VY, Izhevsky SS (2011) [Alien phytophagous insect invasions in the European part of Russia]. IGRAS, Moscow, 272 pp (in Russian).

* Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation (2024) НАЦИОНАЛЬНЫЙ ДОКЛАД о карантинном фитосанитарном состоянии территории Российской Федерациив 2024 году [National report on the quarantine status on the territory of the Russian Federation in 2024], 33 pp (in Russian) https://fsvps.gov.ru/files/nacionalnyj-doklad-o-karantinnom-fitosanitarnom-sostojanii-territorii-rossijskoj-federacii-v-2024-godu/
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Azerbaijan Present, no details view...
China Yunnan Present, restricted distribution view...
China Guangdong Present, restricted distribution view...
China Hubei Present, widespread view...
China Jiangsu Present, widespread view...
China Zhejiang Present, widespread view...
China Henan Present, no details view...
China Guangxi Present, restricted distribution view...
China Hunan Present, restricted distribution view...
China Present, widespread view...
China Fujian Present, widespread view...
China Hebei Present, no details view...
China Jiangxi Present, widespread view...
China Liaoning Present, no details view...
China Shandong Present, no details view...
China Shanxi Present, no details view...
China Sichuan Present, widespread view...
China Anhui Present, widespread view...
Georgia Present, restricted distribution view...
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Present, no details view...
Ukraine Present, no details view...