EPPO Global Database

Pochazia shantungensis(POCZSH)

Distribution details in Netherlands

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2025: Present, few occurrences
First recorded in: 2023
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present: incidental findings (2025-08)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2023/180) : first found in a garden in the municipality of Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht in July 2023.

EPPO Reporting Service (2025/006) : reported from citizen science initiatives, findings need to be confirmed.

NPPO (2025-08): Present: incidental findings.
References
* den Bieman CF, de Haas MC, Fens-Bax T (2024) Twee exotische cicaden nieuw voor Nederland: Acanalonia conica en Pochazia shantungensis (Fulgoromorpha: Acanaloniidae & Ricaniidae). Nederlandse Faunistische Mededelingen. 62, 63-70.

* NPPO of the Netherlands (2023-07, 2025-08).

* 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


Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Belgium Present, few occurrences view...
Germany Absent, pest eradicated view...