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Range expansion of the invasive brown marmorated stinkbug, Halyomorpha halys: an increasing threat to field, fruit and vegetable crops worldwide

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The brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), has emerged as a harmful invasive insect pest in North America and Europe in the 1990s and 2000s, respectively. Native to eastern Asia, this highly polyphagous pest (>120 different host plants) is spreading rapidly worldwide, notably through human activities. The increasing global importance of the pest suggests that more coordinated actions are needed to slow its spread and mitigate negative effects in invaded areas. Prevention of large-scale outbreaks will require accurate identification and effective mitigation tools to be rapidly developed and widely implemented. In this short review, we update the current distribution of H. halys, discuss potential geographic range expansion based on passive and active dispersal and provide insight on the economic, environmental and social impact associated with H. halys.

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    Tim Haye

  2. Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 1391 Sandford Street, London, ON, N5V 4T3, Canada

    Tara Gariepy

  3. Beneficial Insects Introduction Research Unit, USDA/ARS, Newark, DE, 19713, USA

    Kim Hoelmer

  4. INRA, CBGP, 755 avenue du Campus d’Agropolis, CS30016, 34988, Montferrier-Sur-Lez, France

    Jean-Pierre Rossi & Jean-Claude Streito

  5. Plant Health Laboratory, Expertise and Biological Risk Unit, ANSES - French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety, 7 rue Jean Dixméras, 49044, Angers Cedex 01, France

    Xavier Tassus

  6. French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), 400 Route des Chappes, 06903, Sophia-Antipolis, France

    Nicolas Desneux

  7. MoA-CABI Joint Laboratory for Bio-safety, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 2 West Yuan-ming-yuan Road, Beijing, 100193, China

    Tim Haye

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Haye, T., Gariepy, T., Hoelmer, K. et al. Range expansion of the invasive brown marmorated stinkbug, Halyomorpha halys: an increasing threat to field, fruit and vegetable crops worldwide. J Pest Sci 88, 665–673 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-015-0670-2

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