Popillia japonica(POPIJA)
Distribution details in Germany
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2025: Present, few occurrences
Pest status declared by NPPO: Absent, intercepted only (2024-08)
Pest status declared by NPPO: Absent, intercepted only (2024-08)
EPPO Reporting Service (2021/007) : detected in North Rhine-Westphalia in 2014 by an amateur entomologist, and in 2018 near Oberstdorf in Bavaria. Official surveys for 2 years in these areas did not detect the pest. Records considered unreliable.
EPPO Reporting Service (2022/010) : trapped in November 2021 in Baden-Wuerttemberg. Not considered established.
EPPO Reporting Service (2022/165) : 1 specimen caught in 2 traps in Baden-Wuerttemberg. An intensive survey is conducted.
NPPO (2023): 2 beetle caught in traps in the same area in Baden-Wuerttemberg in July and Septembe 2023. Not considered established.
NPPO (2024): 4 beetles caught in traps in the same area in Baden-Wuerttemberg. Not considered established.
EPPO Reporting Service (2025/192) : beetles caught and demarcated area established in Baden-Wuerttemberg. One beetle found in Bavaria, one beetle in Brandenberg and five beetles in Hessen in 2025.
EPPO Reporting Service (2022/010) : trapped in November 2021 in Baden-Wuerttemberg. Not considered established.
EPPO Reporting Service (2022/165) : 1 specimen caught in 2 traps in Baden-Wuerttemberg. An intensive survey is conducted.
NPPO (2023): 2 beetle caught in traps in the same area in Baden-Wuerttemberg in July and Septembe 2023. Not considered established.
NPPO (2024): 4 beetles caught in traps in the same area in Baden-Wuerttemberg. Not considered established.
EPPO Reporting Service (2025/192) : beetles caught and demarcated area established in Baden-Wuerttemberg. One beetle found in Bavaria, one beetle in Brandenberg and five beetles in Hessen in 2025.
* Baufeld P, Schaarschmidt R (2020) Der Japankäfer (Popillia japonica) – ein Schädling mit großem pflanzengesundheitlichen Risikopotential für Deutschland und Europa. Journal für Kulturpflanzen, 72 (8). S. 440–446, DOI: 10.5073/JfK.2020.08.15 (in German with English summary)
* NPPO of Germany (2020-12, 2021-11, 2022-07, 2022-08, 2023-09, 2024-08).
* Urban P (2018) [Discovery of the Japanese beetle Popillia japonica (Newman, 1841) near Paderborn (North Rhine-Westphalia) – first record for Germany]. Mitteilungen der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Westfälischer Entomologen 34(1), 21-24 (in German).
* Urban P, Schulze W, Zorn C (2019) Ein Fund des Japankäfers Popillia japonica Newman, 1838 in Bayern mit Anmerkungen zum Auftreten in Europa (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae). Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen 68(3/4), 117-119 (in German).
* NPPO of Germany (2020-12, 2021-11, 2022-07, 2022-08, 2023-09, 2024-08).
* Urban P (2018) [Discovery of the Japanese beetle Popillia japonica (Newman, 1841) near Paderborn (North Rhine-Westphalia) – first record for Germany]. Mitteilungen der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Westfälischer Entomologen 34(1), 21-24 (in German).
* Urban P, Schulze W, Zorn C (2019) Ein Fund des Japankäfers Popillia japonica Newman, 1838 in Bayern mit Anmerkungen zum Auftreten in Europa (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae). Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen 68(3/4), 117-119 (in German).
| Country | State | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | Absent, intercepted only | ||
| Belgium | Absent, confirmed by survey | ||
| France | Transient | ||
| Netherlands | Absent, confirmed by survey | ||
| Switzerland | Present, restricted distribution |