EPPO Global Database

Pochazia shantungensis(POCZSH)

Distribution details in Austria

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2025: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2023
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2025/006) : reported from citizen science initiatives, findings need to be confirmed.
References
* Kunz G, Kern E, Lind E, Timaeus L, Holzinger WE, Huber E, Schlosser L, Zobel K, van Klink R (2025) New and remarkable true hoppers (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha) from Austria, with a special focus on Styria. Natura Styriaca 1, 354-361.

* Schlitt, B P, Koczor S, Orosz A (2024) First record of a polyphagous Ricaniid pest, Pochazia shantungensis (Chou & Lu, 1977) from the Carpathian Basin (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Ricaniidae). Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica doi.org/10.1556/038.2024.00225
------- reported from citizen science initiatives. Need to be confirmed.

Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Germany Absent, pest eradicated view...
Hungary Present, few occurrences view...
Italy Present, few occurrences view...
Switzerland Absent, unreliable record view...