Spodoptera frugiperda(LAPHFR)
Distribution details in Japan
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2019: Transient
First recorded in: 2019
Pest status declared by NPPO: Transient: actionable, under eradication (2019-07)
First recorded in: 2019
Pest status declared by NPPO: Transient: actionable, under eradication (2019-07)
EPPO Reporting Service (2019/138) : first found in July 2019 in a maize (Zea mays) field in Minamikyushu city, Kagoshima Prefecture (Kyushu).
* IPPC website. Official Pest Reports – Japan (JPN-08/6 of 2019-07-03) Report of first detection of Spodoptera frugiperda – Fall armyworm (FAW) in Japan. https://www.ippc.int/en/countries/japan/pestreports/2019/07/report-of-first-detection-of-spodoptera-frugipedera-fall-armyworm-faw-in-japan/