A metallic green and copper beetle (Popillia japonica) native to Japan whose adults skeletonize the leaves of several hundred plant species, including grapes, roses, soybean and many fruit trees, while its grubs damage turf and pasture roots. First found in the United States in New Jersey in 1916, it has since spread across most of the eastern and midwestern states and, more recently, into parts of Europe, and it remains one of the most costly ornamental, turf and fruit crop pests in North America.
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Quarantine StatusQuarantine Pest (ISPM 5) 2 Connections
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Soybean, Crops The Japanese beetle is a major defoliating pest of soybean across the eastern and midwestern United States.
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1. Japanese Beetle (Wikipedia)
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The Japanese beetle is a species of scarab beetle. Due to the presence of natural predators, the Japanese beetle is not considered a pest in its native Japan. In North America and some regions of Europe, it is a noted pest to roughly 300 species of plants. Some of these plants include roses, grapes, hops, canna, crape myrtles, birch trees, linden trees, and others.
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A metallic green and copper beetle (Popillia japonica) native to Japan whose adults skeletonize the leaves of several hundred plant species, including grapes, roses, soybean and many fruit trees, while its grubs damage turf and pasture roots.
In Group: Beetle and Weevil Pests, Lead
The Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) is a species of scarab beetle.
View the Source 2. European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO): EPPO Global Database: Popillia japonica categorization
European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO)Categorization table, RPPO/EUQuote, Categorization table, RPPO/EU
EPPO A2 list 1975
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