EPPO Global Database

Lycorma delicatula(LYCMDE)

Distribution details in United States of America (Pennsylvania)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2014
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2015/023) : first found in September 2014 in the county of Berks. Eradication measures are being implemented.

EPPO Reporting Service (2017/211) : found in 13 counties (Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia, Schuylkill). Under eradication.

From NPPO (2019): found in 14 counties (Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Dauphin, Delaware, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia, and Schuylkill). Eradication/containment continues.
References
* Barringer LE, Donovall LR, Spichiger SE, Lynch D, Henry D (2015) The first New World record of Lycorma delicatula (Insecta: Hemiptera: Fulgoridae). Entomological News 125(1), 20-23.

* Dara SK, Barringer L, Arthurs SP (2015) Lycorma delicatula (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae): a new invasive pest in the United States. Journal of Integrated Pest Management 61(1), 20, DOI: 10.1093/jipm/pmv021
-------- Established in the counties of Berks, Montgomery and Chester (Pennsylvania).

* INTERNET
- Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. Spotted Lanternfly. Quarantine. http://www.agriculture.pa.gov/Plants_Land_Water/PlantIndustry/Entomology/spotted_lanternfly/quarantine/Pages/default.aspx
- University of Delaware. Genus Lycorma Stål, 1983. http://ag.udel.edu/research/planthoppers/families/species/Lycorma.htm
- USDA-APHIS/PPQ. Pest Alert. Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula). http://www.aphis.usda.gov/publications/plant_health/2014/alert_spotted_lanternfly.pdf

* Kim S, Kuhn A, Raupp MJ, Martinson H (2023) Host preferences of spotted lanternfly and risk assessment of potential tree hosts in managed and semi-natural landscapes. Florida Entomologist 106(2), 74-82. https://doi.org/10.1653/024.106.0202

* NAPPO Phytosanitary Pest Alert System. Official Pest Reports.
- USA (2019-08-23) Lycorma delicatula (White) (Spotted Lanternfly): APHIS provides an update on activities. https://www.pestalerts.org/official-pest-report/lycorma-delicatula-spotted-lanternfly-aphis-provides-update-activities

* Urban JM, Calvin D, Hills-Stevenson J (2021) Early response (2018-2020) to the threat of spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae) in Pennsylvania. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 114(6), 709-718.