EPPO Global Database

Monochamus alternatus(MONCAL)

Distribution details in Japan (Honshu)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2014: Present, widespread
From CABI Pest map 583 (1999): Present, widespread
Comments
Widely distributed except in Northern Honshu.
References
* Aikawa T, Nikoh N, Anbutsu H, Togashi K (2014) Prevalence of laterally transferred Wolbachia genes in Japanese pine sawyer, Monochamus alternatus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology 49, 337-346.

* Furuno T (1982) Studies on the insect damage upon the pine-species imported in Japan (No. 7) On the withering of the pines by the pine wilt. Bulletin, Kyoto University Forests 54, 16-30.

* Kobayashi F, Yamane A, Ikeda T (1984) The Japanese pine sawyer beetle as the vector of pine wilt disease. Annual Review of Entomology 29, 115-135.
------- Limiting factor in northern Honshu is the lack of sufficiently high temperatures in summer (but not the low winter temperatures).

* Makihara H (2004) Two new species and a new subspecies of Japanese Cerambycidae (Coleoptera). Bulletin of FFPRI 3(1) (No.390), 15-24.

* Shoda-Kagaya E (2007) Genetic differentiation of the pine wilt disease vector Monochamus alternatus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) over a mountain range - revealed from microsatellite DNA markers. Bulletin of Entomological Research 97, 167-174.

* Togashi K (1989) Temporal pattern of the occurrence of weakended Pinus thumbergii trees and caused for mortality. Journal of the Japanese Forestry Society 71(8), 323-328.

* Yokobori, M. (1986) Bulletin of the Ibaraki Prefectural Forest Experiment Station No. 15, 26 pp.