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Jeger, Michael
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Bragard, Claude
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Caffier, David
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Candresse, Thierry
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CHATZIVASSILIOU, ELISAVET
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Dehnen-Schmutz, Katharina
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Gilioli, Gianni
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Grégoire, Jean-Claude
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Jaques , Josep A.
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Navajas Navarro, María
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Niere, Björn
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parnell, stephen
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Potting, Roel
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Rafoss, Trond
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Rossi, Vittorio
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Urek, Gregor
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van Bruggen, Ariena
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van der Werf, Wopke
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West, Jonathan
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Winter, Stephan
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Kertész, Virág
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MacLeod, Alan
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2018-07-27
Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Plant Health Panel performed a pest
categorisation of Lopholeucaspis japonica (Hemiptera: Diaspididae), an armoured scale which
preferentially feeds on smooth barked woody trees and shrubs. The pest occurs in Asia, North America
and non-EU Europe (Caucasus region and Ukraine). The pest is regulated in Council Directive 2000/29/EC
as Leucaspis japonica, a junior synonym. Its introduction into the EU is banned on plants of Citrus,
Fortunella, Poncirus and their hybrids, other than fruit and seeds. Additional host plants comprise 60
species in 35 botanical families, including deciduous fruit trees, ornamental and forest plants. L. japonica
could enter the EU via host plants for planting (excluding seeds) and cut branches. It has been
intercepted on plants for planting from China, including artificially dwarfed plants. Spread is most likely
via plants for planting, rather than via natural spread as most diaspidid life stages are sessile. Impacts
could occur in citrus, other fruit crops, ornamentals and forest trees. Sourcing plants from pest-free
areas, pest-free places of production or pest-free production sites would decrease the likelihood of
introduction. Because suitable hosts occur across the EU in climatic areas matching those where the pest
is known to occur, biotic and abiotic conditions are conducive to establishment. The main uncertainty
concerns its current distribution in the EU. L. japonica was found in Greece in 1983, but there have been
no other reports since then. L japonica satisfies the criteria assessed by EFSA that enable it to be
considered a potential quarantine pest. L. japonica does not satisfy the criteria assessed by EFSA for it to
be considered a potential regulated non-quarantine pest (RNQP).
JEGER, Michael; BRAGARD, Claude; CAFFIER, David; CANDRESSE, Thierry; CHATZIVASSILIOU, Elisavet; DEHNEN-SCHMUTZ, Katharina; GILIOLI, Gianni; GRÉGOIRE, Jean-Claude; JAQUES, Josep A.; NAVAJAS NAVARRO, María; NIERE, Björn; PARNELL, Stephen; POTTING, Roel; RAFOSS, Trond; ROSSI, Vittorio; UREK, Gregor; VAN BRUGGEN, Ariena; VAN DER WERF, Wopke; WEST, Jonathan; WINTER, Stephan; KERTÉSZ, Virág; MACLEOD, Alan (2018). Pest categorisation of Lopholeucaspis japonica. EFSA Journal, v. 16, n. 7
http://hdl.handle.net/10234/180667
https://doi.org/ 10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5353
European Union
Japanese long scale
Pest risk
Plant health
Plant pest
Quarantine
Pest categorisation of Lopholeucaspis japonica