EPPO Global Database

Quadrastichus erythrinae(QUSTER)

Distribution details in Japan

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2008: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2005
From CABI Pest map 722 (2009): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2013/129) : in Japan, the existence of galls on Erythrina variegata was first recorded in Okinawa Prefecture in 2005.
References
* Kanai K, Matsuhira K, Uechi N, Yukawa J (2008) Invasion of the Amami Islands, Kagoshima, Japan by Quadrastichus erythrinae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology 52(3), 151-154 (in Japanese).

* Uechi N, Uesato T, Yukawa J (2007) Detection of an invasive gall-inducing pest, Quadrastichus erythrinae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), causing damage to Erythrina variegata L. (Fabaceae) in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Entomological Science 10(2), 209-212 (abst.).
------- Found in 6 Islands in Okinawa prefecture (Okinawa, Kume, Miyako, Ishigaki, Iriomote, and Hateruma).