EPPO Global Database

Pochazia shantungensis(POCZSH)

Distribution details in Türkiye

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2018
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2021/129) : first recorded in 2018 in Marmara region.

EPPO Reporting Service (2023/181) : recorded from the provinces of Istanbul, Kocaeli and Yalova in 2019-2020. Observed on 57 plant species belonging to 31 families, including 38 new host plants compared to existing literature records.
References
* 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/

* EFSA Panel on Plant Health (2021) Scientific Opinion on the commodity risk assessment of Robinia pseudoacacia plants from Turkey. EFSA Journal 19(5):6568, 54 pp. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2021.6568

* Hizal E, Oztemiz S, Gjonov I (2019) Ricania shantungensis Chou & Lu 1977 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Ricaniidae) a new invasive insect species in European Turkey. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 28 (12A), 9816-9820
------- European part of Turkey.

* Hızal E, Öztemiz S, Gjonov I (2023) Phenology and host preferences of the invasive Pochazia shantungensis (Chou & Lu, 1977) (Hemiptera: Ricaniidae), a risk for agriculture and forest areas in the West-Palaearctic Region. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 75(2), 251-258. https://www.acta-zoologica-bulgarica.eu/2023/002673