The first interception record of Halyomorpha halys  (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae),  an invasive true bug and serious threat, in Israel

Tania Novoselsky; Oz Rittner

Authors

Tania Novoselsky TheSteinhardt Museum of Natural History Israel National Center for Biodiversity Studies Tel Aviv University https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6900-1913
Oz Rittner The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Israel National Center for Biodiversity Studies, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0431-048X

Keywords:

unintentional introduction, agricultural pest, BMSB, brown marmorated stink bug, Cappaeini, insect pests, invasive stinkbug, Israel, Middle East, Pentatomidae

Abstract

Halyomorpha halys (Stål, 1855), the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), native to East Asia, an invasive broad-polyphagous pest in the West Palaearctic, Nearctic, Neotropical and Australasian Regions, has been recently intercepted in Israel.

Novoselsky, T., & Rittner, O. 2023. The first interception record of Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae), an invasive true bug and serious threat, in Israel. Israel Journal of Entomology 52: 57–61.

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10507090