EPPO Global Database

Pochazia shantungensis(POCZSH)

Distribution details in Japan

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2024: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2015
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2024/104) : found in Honshu (Aichi, Chiba, Gifu, Gunma, Hiroshima, Hyogo, Kanagawa, Kyoto, Mie, Nara, Okayama, Osaka, Saitama, Shizuoka, Tokyo, Wakayama prefectures) and Kyushu (Kumamoto prefecture).
References
* Kobayashi S, Suzuki M, Kuwahara R, Park J, Yamada K, Jung S (2024) Reevaluation of taxonomic identity of the recently introduced invasive planthopper, Pochazia shantungensis (Chou & Lu, 1977)(Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Ricaniidae) in Japan. Zootaxa 5446(2), 151-178.
------- First confirmed record.