EPPO Global Database

Popillia japonica(POPIJA)

Distribution details in India

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 1992: Absent, pest no longer present
From CABI Pest map 016 (1978): Absent, unreliable record
From NPPO: Absent, unreliable record
Comments
Reported from the North in the 1950s, but does not appear in later insect lists (according to the CABI map).

EPPO Reporting Service (2019/199) : reported as a pest of rose in Kerala.

References
* Smitha R, Rajendran P, Sandhya PT, Aparna VS, Rajees PC (2017) Insect pest complex of rose at Regional Agricultural Research Station, Ambalavayal, Wayanad. Acta Horticulturae 1165, 39-44. ISHS 2017. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2017.1165.6
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
China Xianggang (Hong Kong) Absent, unreliable record view...
China Jilin Absent, invalid record view...
China Absent, invalid record view...
China Heilongjiang Absent, invalid record view...