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: With picture| Higher Taxa | Scientific Name [Common name] |
Legal control | Distribution in Japan |
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| Thripidae, Thysanoptera, Insecta | Frankliniella occidentalis [Western flower thrips] |
Yes | Almost entire Japan. In Okinawa, this species was extinct, although there was a tempo ... |
| Thripidae, Thysanoptera, Insecta | Thrips palmi [Melon thrips] |
Fukushima Pref. to central and western Japan. | |
| Diaspididae, Coccoidea, Hemiptera | Unaspis yanonensis [Arrowhead snow scale] |
Yes | Central to western part of Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Amami Islands (Amamioshima an ... |
| Aleyrodidae, Aleyrodoidea, Hemiptera | Bemisia argentifolii [Silverleaf whitefly] |
Almost entire Japan | |
| Aleyrodidae, Aleyrodoidea, Hemiptera | Trialeurodes vaporariorum [Greenhouse whitefly] |
Almost entire Japan | |
| Reduviidae, Reduvoidea, Hemiptera | Agriosphodrus dohrni | Honshu (Kanto District to western regions), Shikoku, and Kyushu Is. | |
| Lygaeidae, Lygaeoidea, Hemiptera | Caverelius saccharivorus [Oriental chinch bug] |
Miyazaki Pref., Kagoshima Pref. (Ibusuki City, Sakurajima, Tanegashima Is., and Amami ... | |
| Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeoidea, Coleoptera | Protaetia orientalis sakaii | Amamioshima, Okinawajima, Miyakojima, Ishigakijima, and Daito Islands. | |
| Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeoidea, Coleoptera | Protaetia pryeri oschimana | Established on Hachijojima Is. (Izu Islands). | |
| Erirhinidae, Curculionoidea, Coleoptera | Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus [Rice water weevil] |
Almost entire Japan | |
| Dryophthoridae, Curculionoidea, Coleoptera | Rhabdoscelus obscurus [Sugarcane weevil borer] |
Yes | Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands (Chichijima, Hahajima, Anijima, Ototojima, Mukoujima, and I ... |
| Dryophthoridae, Curculionoidea, Coleoptera | Rhynchophorus ferrugineus [Red palm weevil] |
Yes | Daito Islands, Okinawajima Is., Kagoshima (mainland), Miyazaki, Kumamoto, Oita, Nagas ... |
| Curculionidae, Curculionoidea, Coleoptera | Euscepes postfasciatus [West Indian sweetpotato weevil] |
Yes | Central to southern part of Ryukyu Archipelago. Ogasawara Islands. |
| Curculionidae, Curculionoidea, Coleoptera | Hypera postica [Alfalfa weevil] |
Hokkaido, Fukushima, and Kanto District, Hokuriku District to western Japan. In Ryuky ... | |
| Brenthidae, Curculionoidea, Coleoptera | Cylas formicarius [Sweet potato weevil] |
Yes | Ogasawara Islands, middle to southern part of Ryukyu Archipelago, Osumi Islands (Yaku ... |
| Cerambycidae, Chrysomeloidea, Coleoptera | Anoplophora glabripennis [Asian long-horn beetle] |
Not established in Japan. A population occurred in Yokohama in July 2002, Kanagawa Pr ... | |
| Cerambycidae, Chrysomeloidea, Coleoptera | Aromia bungii [red-necked longhorn] |
Yes | Aichi, Saitama, Gunma, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Osaka, Tokushima, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Mie, Nara ... |
| Cerambycidae, Chrysomeloidea, Coleoptera | Paraglenea fortunei | Central to western Japan and adjacent islands (Awajishima Is.; Dogo, Oki Islands; Tsu ... | |
| Cerambycidae, Chrysomeloidea, Coleoptera | Psacothea hilaris maculata [Yellow-spotted longicorn beetle] |
Hachijojima Island (Izu Islands). Several points on western Kagoshima Pref. A populat ... | |
| Cerambycidae, Chrysomeloidea, Coleoptera | Psacothea hilaris subsp. [yellow-spotted longicorn beetle] |
Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. Central to northeastern Honshu is occupied by “Eastern ... | |
| Coccinellidae, Cucujoidea, Coleoptera | Epilachna varivestis [mexican bean beetle] |
Yes | Highland (500-1300m alt.) in northwestern Yamanashi Pref. to Suwako Lakein Nagano Pre ... |
| Blattellidae, Polyphagoidea, Blattodea | Blattella germanica [German cockroach] |
Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Amamioshima, and Okinawajima Is. | |
| Blaberidae, Polyphagoidea, Blattodae | Opisthoplatia orientalis | Shizuoka, Chiba, Wakayama Prefs., Izu Islands (Miyakejima, Hachijojima and Aogashima ... | |
| Rhinotermitidae, Isoptera | Coptotermes formosanus [Formosan subterranean termite] |
Yes | Pacific side of Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu Islands, Ryukyu, Izu, and Chichijima Is. of O ... |
| Papilionidae, Papilionoidea, Lepidoptera | Sericinus montela subspp. [Sericin swallow-tail butterfly] |
Kanto and Kinki Districts, Shizuoka, Gifu, Okayama, Yamaguchi, and Fukuoka Prefs. | |
| Nymphalidae, Papilionoidea, Lepidoptera | Hestina assimilis [Red ring skirt; Nymphalid butterfly] |
Yes | There have been recorded in wide area of Kanto Plain. Kanagawa, Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba ... |
| Limacodidae, Zygaenoidea, Lepidoptera | Parasa lepida | Central to western Japan, Okinawajima Island. | |
| Arctiidae, Noctuoidea, Lepidoptera | Hyphantria cunea [fall webworm] |
Wide area of Honshu (main land), parts of Shikoku and Kyushu, and Ogasawara (Bonin) I ... | |
| Culicidae, Diptera | Aedes aegypti subspp. [Dengue mosquito] |
Occurred in Kumamoto Pref. (1944-1952) and Okinawa Pref. (by early 20 C). However, th ... | |
| Agromyzidae, Diptera, Insecta | Liriomyza sativae [Tomato leaf miner] |
Yes | Tochigi, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Shizuoka, Nagano, Aichi, Gifu, M ... |
| Agromyzidae, Diptera, Insecta | Liriomyza trifolii [Serpentine ｌeafminer] |
Yes | Almost entire Japan (all prefectures except Hokkaido, Niigata, and Toyama Prefs.) (un ... |
| Tephritidae, Diptera, Insecta | Bactrocera cucurbitae [Melon fly] |
Yes | Eradicated by 1993 in Ryukyus. |
| Tephritidae, Diptera, Insecta | Bactrocera dorsalis [oriental fruit fly] |
Yes | Eradicated by 1986 in Sakishima Islands, Okinawa Islands, Amami Islands, and Ogasawar ... |
| Tachinidae, Diptera | Nealsomyia rufella | Kanto District to western Japan | |
| Formicidae, Vespoidea, Hymenoptera | Linepithema humile [Argentine ant] |
Yes | Tokyo (declared eradication in 2021), Kanagawa, Shizuoka (declared eradication in 201 ... |
| Formicidae, Vespoidea, Hymenoptera | Solenopsis geminata [Fire ant] |
Yes | Iwo-jima Island (Bonin Is.), Okinawajima and Iejima Is. (Okinawa Is.) |
| Vespidae, Vespoidea, Hymenoptera | Ropalidia marginata | Established in Iwojima Island. | |
| Vespidae, Vespoidea, Hymenoptera | Vespa velutina [Yellow-legged hornet] |
Tsushima Is. in Nagasaki Pref. | |
| Eumenidae, Vespoidea, Hymenoptera | Delta pyriforme | Ogaswara Islands (Chichijima, Anijima, and Ototojima Islands) | |
| Austrocynipidae, Cynipoidea, Hymenoptera | Dryocosmus kuriphilus [Oriental chestnut gall wasp] |
Yes | Almost entire mainland of Japan. |
| Apidae, Apoidea, Hymenoptera | Apis dorsata subspp. [Giant honey bee] |
Currently not established in Japan. A colony was temporarily established but eradicat ... | |
| Apidae, Apoidea, Hymenoptera | Bombus terrestris [Bumblebee] |
Yes | Established in entire Hokkaido. In several other prefectures, there have been records ... |
| Apidae, Apoidea, Hymenoptera | Xylocopa tranquebarorum [Taiwanese bamboo carpenter bee] |
Yes | Saitama, Kanagawa, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Aichi, Gifu, Nara, M ... |
| Formicinae, Formicidae, Hymenoptera | Lepisiota frauenfeldi [Browsing ant] |
Yes | Aichi, Oska, Hyogo, Fukuoka and Okinawa Pref. |
| Insecta | Apriona swainsoni swainsoni | Yes | |
| Higher Taxa | Common name [Scientific Name] | Legal control | Distribution in Japan |