Lycorma delicatula (White)
Cokesbury Village
Hockessin, Delaware
Note:The spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicata, is a threat to Delaware and the United States.
This insect is detrimental to Delaware’s agricultural industries, the environment, residential areas, and has an impact on interstate commerce.
This insect is a destructive, invasive plant hopper that attacks many hosts, including forests, ornamental trees, orchards, hops, and grapes.
In 2017, Delaware was the second state, other than Pennsylvania, to have found the insect.
In Delaware, it was first detected in New Castle County, with recent findings in Kent County (October 2020).

Delaware has been working to monitor for spotted lanternfly infestations since Pennsylvania first detected the insect in 2014.
Our Plant Industries inspectors have done visual surveys in areas with Tree of Heaven.
With the expansion of Pennsylvania’s quarantine to the county level and the proximity of these counties to New Castle County,
our inspectors ramped up their inspections, detecting one dead spotted lanternfly in the Wilmington area in 2017.

SOURCE: Delaware Department of Agriculture