EPPO Global Database

Popillia japonica(POPIJA)

Distribution details in Russia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2013: Present, restricted distribution
From NPPO: Present, restricted distribution
Comments
Native to the far east (Kurile Islands, Vladivostok).

EPPO Reporting Service (1996/120) : confirmed as only in Sakhalin province.

Kurbatov (2013) also confirms that it only occurs on the Island of Kunashir (southermost island of the Greater Kurile Ridge - Sakhalin oblast).
References
* Kurbatov SA (2013) Kunashir Island: area of special attention. Plant Health Research and Practice 2(4), 38-40.
------- Sporadically observed in the vicinity of Tretyakovo and Oziorniy (Kunashir Island) during an expedition in summer 2011.

* NPPO of of Russia (1995).
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...
Korea Dem. People's Republic Absent, unreliable record view...