EPPO Global Database

Leptinotarsa decemlineata(LPTNDE)

Distribution details in China

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2016: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1990s
From CABI Pest map 139 (2003): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
Colorado beetle started to invade China in the 1990s, most probably as a result of natural spread from Kazakhstan. For the moment, it is only recorded in the northern province of Xinjiang.

EPPO Reporting Service (2020/158) : recorded in Xinjiang since 1993. In Jilin province since 2013, and in Heilongjiang Province since 2014. In 2019, distributed in 48 countries in 3 provinces in China.
References
* Jolivet, P. (1991) Entomologiste 47 (1), 29-48.

* Mo JC, Cheng J (2003) [Advance on the study of pest resistance to chloronicotinyl insecticides]. Acta Phytophylacica Sinica 30 (1), 91-96 (in Chinese).
------- This was erroneously interpreted as stating the occurrence of the pest in Zhejiang province.

* Jiang WH, Wang ZT, Xiong MH, Lu WP, Liu P, Guo WH, Li GQ (2010) Insecticide resistance status of Colorado potato beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) adults in Northern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region. Journal of Economic Entomology 103(4), 1365-1371.

* Wan FH, Yan NW (2016) Invasion and management of agricultural alien insects in China. Annual Review of Entomology 61, 77-98.

* Wang C, Xu H, Pan X-b (2020) Management of Colorado potato beetle in invasive frontier areas. Journal of Integrative Agriculture 19(2), 360-366. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2095-3119(19)62801-7

* Zhang RZ, Li YC, Liu N (2010) Introduction, dispersal and potential impacts of Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata in China. Abstract of a paper presented at the Potential Invasive Pests Workshop (Miami, US, 2010-10-14), p 72.
------- Introducted into China in the 1990s. By 2009, it was found in 36 counties in north Xinjiang.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Kazakhstan Present, restricted distribution view...
Kyrgyzstan Present, no details view...
Russia Western Siberia Present, no details view...
Russia Northern Russia Present, no details view...
Russia Central Russia Present, no details view...
Russia Southern Russia Present, no details view...
Russia Eastern Siberia Present, no details view...
Russia Present, restricted distribution view...
Russia Far East Present, no details view...
Tajikistan Present, restricted distribution view...