EPPO Global Database

Popillia japonica(POPIJA)

Distribution details in Japan (Kyushu)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2024: Present, no details
From CABI Pest map 016 (1978): Present, no details
References
* Clausen CP, King JL, Teranishi C (1927) The parasites of Popillia japonica in Japan and Chosen (Korea) and their introduction into the United States. USDA Technical Bulletin 1429, 1-56.

* Fleming WE (1972) Biology of the Japanese beetle. USDA Technical Bulletin 1449, 1-129.

* Mizutani N, Oki N, Yasuda K (2018) Lepidopteran, coleopteran and orthopteran insects feeding on wild soybean, Glycine soja Sieb. et Zucc., and their seasonal occurrences in Kumamoto. Kyushu Plant Protection Research 64, 80-88. (in Japanese).

* Strangi A, Paoli F, Nardi F, Shimizu K, Kimoto T, Iovinella I, Bosio G, Roversi PF, Carapelli A, Marianelli L (2024) Tracing the dispersal route of the invasive Japanese beetle Popillia japonica. Journal of Pest Science 97(2), 613-629. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-023-01653-1
------ High population densities in Northern Honshu and Hokkaido, common in Kyushu, Shikoku and Southern Honshu.