Overseas immigration of fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), invading Korea and Japan in 2019

• Published in: Insect science Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 505 - 520
• Main Authors: Wu, Ming‐Fei, Qi, Guo‐Jun, Chen, Hui, Ma, Jian, Liu, Jie, Jiang, Yu‐Ying, Lee, Gwan‐Seok, Otuka, Akira, Hu, Gao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Australia Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.04.2022; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Africa; Animals; Asian migration arena; atmospheric circulation; Butterflies & moths; China; Crop production; East China Sea; Economic impact; Emigration and Immigration; flight; Flight behavior; immigration; Insect migration; Insects; Japan; Migration; Moths; Original; Pest control; pests; Ryukyu Archipelago; South Korea; Spodoptera; Spodoptera frugiperda; Taiwan; Trajectory analysis; trajectory analysis windborne insect migration; Yellow Sea; Zea mays; China; Japan; South Korea; East China Sea; Yellow Sea; Africa; Taiwan; Spodoptera frugiperda; trajectory analysis windborne insect migration; Asian migration arena; atmospheric circulation

The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith), spread rapidly in Africa and Asia recently, causing huge economic losses in crop production. Fall armyworm caterpillars were first detected in South Korea and Japan in June 2019. Here, the migration timing and path for FAW into the countri...