Stephanitis pyrioides(STEPPY)
Distribution details in Russia (Southern Russia)
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2023: Present, few occurrences
EPPO Reporting Service (2024/075) : during surveys conducted in July 2020, it was found on Rhododendron x hybridum in a single location in Sochi (Krasnodar). It is suspected that it was introduced with imports of infested plants for planting from Italy.
* Zhuravleva EN, Golub VB, Kirichenko NI, Shoshina EI, Soboleva VA, Karpun NN, Musolin DL (2023) First record of the azalea lace bug Stephanitis pyrioides (Scott, 1874) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae) in the European part of Russia: Molecular genetics and taxonomy of an alien pest. EPPO Bulletin 53(3), 643–651.
| Country | State | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | Aomen (Macau) | Present, no details | |
| China | Shanghai | Present, no details | |
| China | Zhejiang | Present, no details | |
| China | Hunan | Present, no details | |
| China | Xianggang (Hong Kong) | Present, restricted distribution | |
| China | Present, restricted distribution | ||
| Georgia | Present, no details |