Abstract:The EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of
Dendrolimus superans
Butler (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae), the larch caterpillar, for the EU territory.
D. superans
is a major pest of conifer forests in Japan, northeast China and non‐European Russia. However, reports of damage are to conifer species not grown in EU forestry.
Larix gmelinii
and
Pinus pumila
are regarded as major hosts. Eggs are la… Show more
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