EPPO Global Database

Thecodiplosis japonensis(THEOJA)

Hosts

Important note about the classification of host plants in GD:
Categories have been assigned by the EPPO Secretariat on the basis of available data at the time of entry. They correspond to a qualitative evaluation of the importance of the host plant for the pest concerned and remain indicative only.
Further explanation of categories is available in the guide.
Organism Type
Pinus densiflora (PIUDE) Major host
* Jiao JP, Wu HW, Ren LL, Chen RM, Luo YQ (2017) Reports on the discovery and preliminary studies of the invasive species Thecodiplosis japonensis (Uchida & Inouye) in Huangdao area of Shandong province. Chinese Journal of Applied Entomology 54, 915–923.

* Liu H, Duan C, Qi Y, Ren L,  Wu H (2020) Movement behavior of the pine needle gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). Journal of Insect Science 20(5), 32, https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieaa121
------- Confirmed host in Korea and China.

* Paik JC, Yukawa J, Euechi N, Sato S, Ganaha T (1994) Gall-inducing species of the family Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) recorded from the Korean peninsula and surrounding islands, in comparison with the gall-midge fauna of Japan. ESAKIA (44), 57-66.
Pinus tabuliformis (PIUTA) Major host
* Jiao JP, Wu HW, Ren LL, Chen RM, Luo YQ (2017) Reports on the discovery and preliminary studies of the invasive species Thecodiplosis japonensis (Uchida & Inouye) in Huangdao area of Shandong province. Chinese Journal of Applied Entomology 54, 915–923.

* Liu H, Duan C, Qi Y, Ren L,  Wu H (2020) Movement behavior of the pine needle gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). Journal of Insect Science 20(5), 32, https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieaa121
------- Confirmed host in China.
Pinus thunbergii (PIUTH) Major host
* Jiao JP, Wu HW, Ren LL, Chen RM, Luo YQ (2017) Reports on the discovery and preliminary studies of the invasive species Thecodiplosis japonensis (Uchida & Inouye) in Huangdao area of Shandong province. Chinese Journal of Applied Entomology 54, 915–923.

* Liu H, Duan C, Qi Y, Ren L,  Wu H (2020) Movement behavior of the pine needle gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). Journal of Insect Science 20(5), 32, https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieaa121
------- Confirmed host in Korea and China.

* Paik JC, Yukawa J, Euechi N, Sato S, Ganaha T (1994) Gall-inducing species of the family Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) recorded from the Korean peninsula and surrounding islands, in comparison with the gall-midge fauna of Japan. ESAKIA (44), 57-66.