EPPO Global Database

Diaphorina citri(DIAACI)

Distribution details in Japan

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2008: Present, restricted distribution
From CABI Pest map 334 (2011): Present, restricted distribution
From NPPO: Present, restricted distribution
Comments
From country itself (1993): present only in Ryukyu Islands. A map from Iwanami & Miyata (2008) shows that the psyllid has spread to the very south of Kyushu.

EPPO Reporting Service (2022/156) : widespread in the subtropical islands that are located between Taiwan and Kyushu main island.
References
* Iwanami T, Miyata S (2008) Susceptibility of some local mandarins to a Japanese isolate of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus. Proceedings of the International Research Conference on Huanglongbing (Orlando, US, 2008-12-01/05), 368-369.
------- Include a map showing the Northern limit of the spread of D. citri (occurrings in Ryukyu Islands and up to the very South of Kyushu).

* Iwanami T (2022) Occurrence and control of citrus greening (huanglongbing) in Japan. Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly: JARQ 56(2), 105-120. https://doi.org/10.6090/jarq.56.105

* NPPO of Japan (1993).