EPPO Global Database

Popillia japonica(POPIJA)

Distribution details in Japan (Honshu)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2024: Present, no details
From CABI Pest map 016 (1978): Present, no details
References
* Ando, Y. (1986) Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology 30 (2), 111-116.

* Clausen CP, King JL, Teranishi C (1927) The parasites of Popillia japonica in Japan and Chosen (Korea) and their introduction into the United States. USDA Technical Bulletin 1429, 1-56.

* Fleming WE (1972) Biology of the Japanese beetle. USDA Technical Bulletin 1449, 1-129.

* Hayashi M, Fujiwara J, Shimada T, Yoneda Y, Muguruma K, Narita Y (2006) [A list of insects collected from Dogo, Oki Islands, Shimane Prefecture, Japan, with notes on new records of Coleoptera and the other orders from the islands]. Bulletin of the Hoshizaki Green Foundation 9, 245-263 (in Japanese).
------- Specimens collected from Dogo (Oki Islands, Shimane Prefecture).

* Kuwazawa K, Yoshizawa E (1994) Occurrence of Turfgrass Pests in Nagano Prefecture (3) Larvae of Scarabaeids in Golf Courses. Proceedings of the Kanto-Tosan Plant Protection Society 41 Pages 279-280 (in Japanese).

* Strangi A, Paoli F, Nardi F, Shimizu K, Kimoto T, Iovinella I, Bosio G, Roversi PF, Carapelli A, Marianelli L (2024) Tracing the dispersal route of the invasive Japanese beetle Popillia japonica. Journal of Pest Science 97(2), 613-629. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-023-01653-1
------ High population densities in Northern Honshu and Hokkaido, common in Kyushu, Shikoku and Southern Honshu.