EFSA Panel, P.L.H. 2018a Pest categorisation of Lopholeucaspis japonica. EFSA Journal doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5353

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Notes: 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 is regulated in Council Directive 2000/29/EC as Leucaspis japonica, a junior synonym. 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).