EPPO Global Database

Pochazia shantungensis(POCZSH)

Distribution details in France

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2024: Transient
First recorded in: 2018
Pest status declared by NPPO: Transient, actionable, under eradication (2024-07)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2021/129) : first recorded in 2018 in a garden in south-eastern France (Alpes-Maritimes department).

EPPO Reporting Service (2022/001) : official report for the same garden.

EPPO Reporting Service (2023/011) : found in Montpellier (Hérault department, Occitanie region) in October 2022. Temporary quarantine pest in France.

EPPO Reporting Service (2024/168) : found in Corse on ornamental plants at the end on 2023. Under eradication.

EPPO Reporting Service (2025/006) : found in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Occitanie and Corsica.
References
* Arrêté du 11 mars 2022 portant établissement des listes d'organismes nuisibles au titre du 5° de l'article L. 251-3 du code rural et de la pêche maritime. JORF n°0063 du 16 mars 2022. https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2022/3/11/AGRG2135065A/jo/texte

* Bourgoin T, Gros P, Stroinski A (2020) Pochazia shantungensis (Chou & Lu, 1977), an important Asiatic invasive pest on fruit trees, first time reported from France (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Ricaniidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France, 125, 271–272.

* Bourgoin T (2021) FLOW (Fulgoromorpha Lists on The Web): a world knowledge base dedicated to Fulgoromorpha. Version 8, updated [2021-05-27]. https://hemiptera-databases.org/flow/

* Stroiński A, Bourgoin T (2022) On the taxonomic position of Pochazia shantungensis (Chou & Lu, 1977) (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Ricaniidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 127 (3), 272-274.
------- observed again in June 2022. Considered established in Cagnes-sur-Mer (Alpes-Maritimes department).

* NPPO of France (2021-12, 2022-12, 2024-07, 2025-01).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Belgium Absent, unreliable record view...
Germany Absent, pest eradicated view...
Italy Present, few occurrences view...
Spain Absent, unreliable record view...
Spain Mainland Spain Present, no details view...
Switzerland Absent, unreliable record view...