EPPO Global Database

Apriona swainsoni(APRISW)

Distribution details in Japan

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2014
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2022/237) : first reported in 2014. Present in Fukushima Prefecture, causing significant damage on Maackia amurensis and on Styphnolobium japonicum.
References
* Anzai Y (2021) Report of the Apriona swainsoni swainsoni (Hope) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) found in Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Gekkan-Mushi 609, 16-22 (in Japanese).

* Mtow, S, Yoshii S, Tsutsumi T (2022) Preliminary report on distribution, infestation, and feeding plants of the alien longhorn beetle Apriona swainsoni swainsoni (Hope, 1840) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) discovered from Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Japanese Journal of Entomology (N.S.) 25(1), 18–24 (In Japanese, with English summary). https://doi.org/10.20848/kontyu.25.1_18

* Personal communication with Eiriki Sunamura, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, JP.

* Tavakilian G. (Author) & Chevillotte H. (Software) [2018]. Titan : base de données internationales sur les Cerambycidae ou Longicornes. Version 4.0. http://titan.gbif.fr/index.html