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Distribution of Nezara viridula in the continental United States and Hawaii is presented in Table 7. 2
and depicted in Figure 7.5. Table 7. 2 is a compilation of representative published reports, current elec-
tronic databases on pest distribution, and personal communication with university and federal research-
ers. These latter communications allowed additional insight into unpublished information on the presence
of this species, thus enabling a more complete assessment of its current distribution (Figure 7.5).
TABLE 7.2
Distribution of Nezara viridula in the United States of America
State Reference
Alabama CABI Invasive Species Compendium 2015, Discover Life 2015, Herbert et al. 1988, National
Agricultural Pest Information System 2015
Arkansas CABI Invasive Species Compendium 2015, Smith et al. 2009, Snodgrass et al. 2005
Arizona Jones 1918, Donald B. Thomas (U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service,
Edinburg, TX; personal communication)
California CABI Invasive Species Compendium 2015; Discover Life 2015; Hoffmann et al. 1987a,b; National
Agricultural Pest Information System 2015
Delaware Discover Life 2015
Florida Blatchley 1926, Buschman and Whitcomb 1980, CABI Invasive Species Compendium 2015, Discover
Life 2015, Drake 1920, Hubbard 1885, Morrill 1910
Georgia CABI Invasive Species Compendium 2015, Discover Life 2015, McPherson et al. 2001, Turner 1918
Hawaii CABI Invasive Species Compendium 2015, Discover Life 2015, National Agricultural Pest Information
System 2015, Nishida 1966
Illinois CABI Invasive Species Compendium 2015, McPherson and Cuda 1974
Kentucky Weeks et al. 2012 – anecdotal, no data presented
Louisiana Blatchley 1926, CABI Invasive Species Compendium 2015, Discover Life 2015, Morrill 1910,
National Agricultural Pest Information System 2015, Orr et al. 1986
Maryland Aldrich 1990, CABI Invasive Species Compendium 2015, National Agricultural Pest Information
System 2015
Mississippi CABI Invasive Species Compendium 2015, Discover Life 2015, Snodgrass et al. 2005
Missouri Bailey 2009
New Mexico Bundy 2012, Jones 1918, Donald B. Thomas (U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research
Service, Edinburg, TX; personal communication)
New Jersey Discover Life 2015
New York CABI Invasive Species Compendium 2015, Froeschner 1988 – adventitious, Torre-Bueno 1912,
Donald B. Thomas (U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Edinburg, TX;
personal communication)
North Carolina Discover Life 2015, Musser et al. 2014
Ohio CABI Invasive Species Compendium 2015, Capinera 2001 – anecdotal but Balduf (1923) collected
Nezara hilaris, Froeschner 1988 – adventitious
Oklahoma CABI Invasive Species Compendium 2015, Mulder 2015, National Agricultural Pest Information
System 2015, Richard Grantham (Oklahoma State University, Stillwater; personal communication)
Pennsylvania Donald B. Thomas (U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Edinburg, TX;
personal communication)
South Carolina CABI Invasive Species Compendium 2015, Discover Life 2015, Jones and Sullivan 1982, Reay-Jones
2010
Tennessee CABI Invasive Species Compendium 2015, Musser et al. 2014, Scott Stewart (University of Tennessee,
Jackson; personal communication)
Texas Blatchley 1926, CABI Invasive Species Compendium 2015, Discover Life 2015, Eger and Ables 1981,
Flitters 1963, McPherson and Sites 1989, Morrill 1910, Reinhard 1922, Vyavhare et al. 2014
Virginia Batra et al. 1981; Blatchley 1926; Capinera 2001 – anecdotal, no data presented; CABI Invasive
Species Compendium 2015; Froeschner 1988 – adventitious; Hoffman 1971 – citing Van Duzee 1904,
anecdotal; Kirkaldy 1909; Van Duzee 1904 – anecdotal based on “writings of Dr. P. R. Uhler”
Washington Anonymous 2016, Looney and Murray 2016
West Virginia Weeks et al. 2012 – anecdotal, no data presented