Report of first detection of Spodoptera frugipedera – Fall Armyworm (FAW) in Japan

Date de publication

mer, 03 Jul 2019, 06:06

Dernière mise à jour effectuée le

juil. 4, 2019, 6:51 matin

Report Number

JPN-08/6

Pays

Japan

Identité de l'organisme nuisible

Spodoptera frugiperda - (LAPHFR)

Situation du signalement

Préliminaire

Hôtes

Maize

Pest Status (old values from ISPM 8 -1998 )

• Transient: actionable, under eradication

Pest Status (ISPM 8 - 2021)

• Present: transient

Distribution géographique

Minamikyushu-City, Kagoshima-Prefecture

Résumé

・Suspected larvae were detected at a maize field in Minamikyushu city, Kagoshima Prefecture, and identified as Spodoptera frugiperda (Fall Armyworm: FAW) by the Plant Protection Station (National Plant Protection Organization of Japan) on 3 July 2019. This is the first detection of Spodoptera frugiperda in Japan.

・The Plant Protection Station and Kagoshima Prefectural Government are conducting survey for FAW around the detection field in order to identify the infested areas and have already started conducting initial control measures in the field where FAW is detected.

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