Lycorma delicatula(LYCMDE)
Distribution details in Japan
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2025: Present, no details
From CABI Pest map 822 (2023): Present, widespread
From CABI Pest map 822 (2023): Present, widespread
Kamiyama et al. (2025): only reported from Honshu Island. In 2018-2023, reported in additional eight prefectures (Osaka, Okayama, Hyogo, Aichi, Nara, Shiga, and Toyama).
* Kamiyama MT, Takahashi M, Broadley HJ, Gómez‐Marco F, Hoddle MS, Matsuura K (2025) Evaluating the origin and spread of spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) in Japan. Population Ecology 67(2), 162-179. https://doi.org/10.1002/1438-390X.12203
* Kim HJ (2013) [Morphometric analysis of wing variation of lantern fly, Lycorma delicatula from Northeast Asia]. Korean Journal of Applied Entomology 52(4), 265-271 (in Korean).
* Kim HJ, Kim MY, Kwon DH, Park SW, Lee YR, Huang JH, Kai Shi Lee HS, Hong KJ, Jang YK, Lee SH (2013) Molecular comparison of Lycorma delicatula (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae) isolates in Korea, China, and Japan. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 16(4), 503-506.
------- Specimens from Hakusan, Ishikawa prefecture (Honshu), where mass occurrence has been observed. Sporadically observed since the 1930s in Okinawa and Kyushu.
* Tomisawa, A, Ohmiya S, Fukutomi H, Hayashi K, Ishikawa T (2013) [Biological notes on Lycorma delicatula (White) (Hemiptera, Fulgoridae) in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan]. Japanese Journal of Entomology 16(1), 3-14 (in Japanese).
------- Ishikawa prefecture (Honshu).
* Umemura S, Itoh K, Inoue M, Genno M, Sakurai C (2013) [The first record of Lycorma delicatula (White) in Yoshizaki, Awara City, Fukui Prefecture]. Bulletin of the Fukui City Museum of Natural History no. 60, 67-68 (in Japanese).
------- Fukui prefecture (Honshu).
* Kim HJ (2013) [Morphometric analysis of wing variation of lantern fly, Lycorma delicatula from Northeast Asia]. Korean Journal of Applied Entomology 52(4), 265-271 (in Korean).
* Kim HJ, Kim MY, Kwon DH, Park SW, Lee YR, Huang JH, Kai Shi Lee HS, Hong KJ, Jang YK, Lee SH (2013) Molecular comparison of Lycorma delicatula (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae) isolates in Korea, China, and Japan. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 16(4), 503-506.
------- Specimens from Hakusan, Ishikawa prefecture (Honshu), where mass occurrence has been observed. Sporadically observed since the 1930s in Okinawa and Kyushu.
* Tomisawa, A, Ohmiya S, Fukutomi H, Hayashi K, Ishikawa T (2013) [Biological notes on Lycorma delicatula (White) (Hemiptera, Fulgoridae) in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan]. Japanese Journal of Entomology 16(1), 3-14 (in Japanese).
------- Ishikawa prefecture (Honshu).
* Umemura S, Itoh K, Inoue M, Genno M, Sakurai C (2013) [The first record of Lycorma delicatula (White) in Yoshizaki, Awara City, Fukui Prefecture]. Bulletin of the Fukui City Museum of Natural History no. 60, 67-68 (in Japanese).
------- Fukui prefecture (Honshu).