EPPO Global Database

Megacopta cribraria(COPSCR)

Distribution details in United States of America (Georgia)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2014: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2009
References
* INTERNET
- Kudzu bug: an approaching pest species. Plant Management Network News no. 138 (dated 2013-07-30). http://www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/update/archive/7-13.htm
- University of Georgia. KudzuBug. Distribution map (updated July 2014). http://www.kudzubug.org/distribution_map.cfm

* Suiter DR, Eger Jr JE, Gardner WA, Kemerait RC, All JN, Roberts PM, Greene JK, Ames LM, Buntin GD, Jenkins TM, Douce GK (2010) Discovery and Distribution of Megacopta cribraria (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Plataspidae) in Northeast Georgia. Journal of Integrated Pest Management 1(1). doi 10.1603/IPM10009