List of invasive species in Asia explained

See main article: List of invasive species.

This is a list of invasive species in Asia. A species is regarded as invasive if it has been introduced by human action to a location, area, or region where it did not previously occur naturally (i.e., is not a native species), becomes capable of establishing a breeding population in the new location without further intervention by humans, and becomes a pest in the new location, directly threatening agriculture and/or the local biodiversity.

The term invasive species refers to a subset of those species defined as introduced species. If a species has been introduced but remains local, and is not problematic to agriculture or to the local biodiversity, then it cannot be considered to be an invasive species and does not belong on this list.

Plants

• Eichhornia crassipes (Water hyacinth)^[1]
• Limnocharis flava (Yellow burhead)
• Pistia stratiotes (Water lettuce)
• Lantana camara (lantana)
• Eupatorium adenophorous
• Epipremnum aureum (Devil's Ivy, Pothos)
• Swietenia macrophylla (Mahogany)
• Myroxylon balsamum (Balsam of Peru)
• Spathodea campanulata (African Tulip Tree)
• Bignonia magnifica (Glow Vine)
• Cactus:^{[2] [3] [4]}

• Opuntia stricta (Prickly Pear Cactus)
• Clusia rosea
• Panicum maximum (Guinea grass)
• Boerhavia coccinea (Scarlett Spiderling)
• Ambrosia trifida (Giant ragweed)^[5]

Animals

Amphibians

• Bufo marinus (Cane toad)
• Rana catesbeiana (American bullfrog)^[6]

Birds

• Acridotheres tristis (common myna)
• Columba livia (rock dove) ^[7]
• Corvus splendens (house crow)
• Garrulax canorus (Chinese hwamei) ^[8]
• Leiothrix lutea (red-billed leiothrix) ^[9]
• Pavo cristatus (Indian peafowl) ^[10]
• Phasianus colchicus (common pheasant) ^[11]
• Psittacula krameri (rose-ringed parakeet) ^[12]
• Pycnonotus sinensis (light-vented bulbul) ^[13]
• Streptopelia decaocto (Eurasian collared dove) ^[14]

Fish

• Abbottina rivularis (Chinese false gudgeon) ^[15]
• Acheilognathus cyanostigma (striped bitterling) ^[16]
• Acheilognathus macropterus ^[17]
• Acheilognathus rhombeus (kanehira) ^[18]
• Acheilognathus typus (zenitanago) ^[19]
• Channa argus (northern snakehead) ^[20]
• Clarias batrachus (Walking catfish)^[21]
• Clarias gariepinus (African catfish)^[22]
• Ctenopharyngodon idella (grass carp) ^[23]
• Cyprinus carpio (common carp) ^[24]
• Gambusia affinis (Mosquitofish)^[25]
• Gambusia holbrooki (eastern mosquitofish) ^[26]
• Hemibarbus maculatus (spotted steed) ^[27]
• Hemiculter leucisculus (sharpbelly)
• Ictalurus punctatus (channel catfish) ^[28]
• Lepomis macrochirus (bluegill)
• Mayaheros urophthalmus (Mayan cichlid) ^[29]
• Micropterus dolomieu (smallmouth bass) ^[30]
• Micropterus salmoides (largemouth bass) ^[31]
• Monopterus albus (Asian swamp eel) ^[32]
• Oncorhynchus mykiss (rainbow trout) ^[33]
• Poecilia reticulata (Guppy) ^[34]
• Pseudorasbora parva (stone moroko) ^[35]
• Rhodeus ocellatus (rosy bitterling)
• Salmo trutta (brown trout) ^[36]
• Silurus asotus (Amur catfish) ^[37]
• Tridentiger brevispinis (numachichibu) ^[38]
• Xiphophorus hellerii (green swordtail) ^[39]

Mammals

• Bos taurus (cattle) ^[40]
• Callosciurus erythraeus (Pallas's squirrel) ^[41]
• Callosciurus finlaysonii (Finlayson's squirrel) ^[42]
• Canis familiaris (dog) ^[43]
• Capra aegagrus (feral goat) ^[44]
• Equus asinus (donkey)
• Erinaceus amurensis (Amur hedgehog) ^[45]
• Eutamias sibiricus (Siberian chipmunk) ^[46]
• Felis catus (Feral cats)
• Urva auropunctata (small Indian mongoose) ^[47]
• Macaca cyclopis (Formosan rock macaque) ^[48]
• Macaca fascicularis (crab-eating macaque)
• Macaca mulatta (rhesus macaque) ^[49]
• Martes melampus (Japanese marten) ^[50]
• Muntiacus reevesi (Reeves's muntjac) ^[51]
• Mus musculus (house mouse) ^[52]
• Mustela itatsi (Japanese weasel) ^[53]
• Mustela sibirica (Siberian weasel) ^[54]
• Myocastor coypus (coypu)
• Neogale vison (American mink) ^[55]
• Nyctereutes procyonoides (raccoon dog) ^[56]
• Ondatra zibethicus (muskrat) ^[57]
• Oryctolagus cuniculus (European rabbit) ^[58]
• Ovis aries (sheep) ^[59]
• Paguma larvata (masked palm civet) ^[60]
• Procyon lotor (raccoon)
• Rattus norvegicus (Brown rat)
• Rattus rattus (black rat) ^[61]
• Sus scrofa (wild boar) ^[62]

Reptiles

• Anolis carolinensis (Carolina anole) ^[63]
• Chelydra serpentina (common snapping turtle) ^[64]
• Cuora flavomarginata (Chinese box turtle) ^[65]
• Gekko hokouensis (Hokou gecko) ^[66]
• Hemidactylus frenatus (common house gecko) ^[67]
• Lepidodactylus lugubris (mourning gecko) ^[68]
• Orthriophis taeniurus (beauty rat snake) ^[69]
• Pelodiscus sinensis (Chinese softshell turtle) ^[70]
• Trachemys scripta (red-eared slider) ^[71]
• Protobothrops elegans (elegant pitviper) ^[72]
• Protobothrops mucrosquamatus (brown spotted pit viper) ^[73]

Insects

• Agriosphodrus dohrni ^[74]
• Aleurodicus dispersus (spiralling whitefly)
• Anoplolepis gracilipes (yellow crazy ant) ^[75]
• Aromia bungii (red-necked longhorn) ^[76]
• Bemisia tabaci (silverleaf whitefly) ^[77]
• Bombus terrestris (buff-tailed bumblebee)
• Cameraria ohridella (horse-chestnut leaf miner)
• Cavelerius saccharivorus (oriental chinch bug) ^[78]
• Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly) ^[79]
• Chrysomya bezziana (Old World screwworm fly) ^[80]
• Cinara cupressi (cypress aphid) ^[81]
• Coptotermes formosanus (Formosan subterranean termite) ^[82]
• Corythucha ciliata (sycamore lace bug) ^[83]
• Ctenarytaina eucalypti (blue gum psyllid) ^[84]
• Cydalima perspectalis (box tree moth) ^[85]
• Cylas formicarius (sweet potato weevil) ^[86]
• Delta pyriforme ^[87]
• Dendroctonus micans (great spruce bark beetle)
• Dendroctonus pseudotsugae (Douglas-fir beetle) ^[88]
• Drosophila suzukii (spotted wing drosophila) ^[89]
• Epilachna varivestis (Mexican bean beetle) ^[90]
• Erionota torus (rounded palm-redeye) ^[91]
• Euscepes postfasciatus (West Indian sweetpotato weevil) ^[92]
• Frankliniella occidentalis (western flower thrips) ^[93]
• Hylurgus ligniperda (red-haired pine bark beetle) ^[94]
• Hypera postica (alfalfa weevil) ^[95]
• Hyphantria cunea (fall webworm) ^[96]
• Icerya purchasi (cottony cushion scale) ^[97]
• Linepithema humile (Argentine ant) ^[98]
• Liriomyza sativae (vegetable leaf miner) ^[99]
• Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus (rice water weevil) ^[100]
• Liriomyza trifolii (serpentine leafminer) ^[101]
• Monomorium pharaonis (pharaoh ant)
• Nealsomyia rufella ^[102]
• Opisthoplatia orientalis ^[103]
• Oracella acuta (loblolly pine mealybug) ^[104]
• Paraglenea fortunei ^[105]
• Parasa lepida (nettle caterpillar) ^[106]
• Pheidole megacephala (big-headed ant) ^[107]
• Phenacoccus manihoti (cassava mealybug) ^[108]
• Phenacoccus solenopsis (cotton mealybug) ^[109]
• Pineus pini (pine woolly aphid) ^[110]
• Platypus quercivorus (oak ambrosia beetle) ^[111]
• Quadrastichus erythrinae (Erythrina gall wasp) ^[112]
• Rhabdoscelus obscurus (sugarcane weevil borer) ^[113]
• Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (red palm weevil) ^[114]
• Solenopsis geminata (tropical fire ant) ^[115]
• Solenopsis invicta (red imported fire ant) ^[116]
• Thrips palmi (melon thrips) ^[117]
• Trialeurodes vaporariorum (glasshouse whitefly) ^[118]
• Trichomyrmex destructor (destructive trailing ant)
• Unaspis yanonensis (arrowhead snow scale) ^[119]
• Vespa velutina (Asian predatory wasp) ^[120]
• Wasmannia auropunctata (electric ant)
• Xyleborus volvulus ^[121]

Molluscs

• Brachidontes pharaonis (variable mussel)
• Corbicula fluminea (Asian clam) ^[122]
• Limnoperna fortunei (golden mussel) ^[123]
• Mytilopsis sallei (black-striped mussel) ^[124]
• Mytilus galloprovincialis (Mediterranean mussel) ^[125]
• Perna viridis (Asian green mussel) ^[126]
• Pinctada radiata (Atlantic pearl-oyster) ^[127]
• Venerupis philippinarum (Manila clam) ^[128]
• Xenostrobus securis (small brown mussel) ^[129]

Gastropods

• Ambigolimax valentianus (threeband gardenslug) ^[130]
• Cornu aspersum (garden snail)
• Crepidula fornicata (common slipper shell)
• Crepidula onyx (onyx slippersnail) ^[131]
• Euglandina rosea (rosy wolfsnail) ^[132]
• Lissachatina fulica (giant African snail) ^[133]
• Nassarius sinarus (Nassarius snail) ^[134]
• Pomacea canaliculata (Golden apple snail)
• Potamopyrgus antipodarum (New Zealand mud snail) ^[135]
• Rapana venosa (veined rapa whelk)

Other Animals

• Aculops lycopersici (tomato russet mite) ^[136]
• Amphibalanus amphitrite (striped barnacle) ^[137]
• Amphibalanus improvisus (bay barnacle) ^[138]
• Bugula neritina (brown bryozoan) ^[139]
• Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (pine wood nematode) ^[140]
• Chamberlinius hualinensis ^[141]
• Crangonyx floridanus (Florida crangonyctid) ^[142]
• Globodera rostochiensis (golden nematode) ^[143]
• Hydroides elegans ^[144]
• Latrodectus geometricus (brown widow) ^[145]
• Latrodectus hasseltii (redback spider) ^[146]
• Pacifastacus leniusculus (signal crayfish) ^[147]
• Platydemus manokwari (New Guinea flatworm) ^[148]
• Polyandrocarpa zorritensis ^[149]
• Procambarus clarkii (red swamp crawfish) ^[150]
• Pyromaia tuberculata (tuberculate pear crab) ^[151]

Country-specific Invasive Lists

List of Invasive Plant Species in Sri Lanka

Notes and References

1. MacKinnon . John R. . October–December 2002 . Invasive Alien Species in Southeast Asia . live . Asean Biodiversity . https://web.archive.org/web/20081230174735/http://www.arcbc.org.ph/arcbcweb/pdf/vol2no4/09-11_sr_invasive_alien_species.pdf . 30 December 2008.
2. El-Hawagry . Magdi S. . Dhafer . Hathal M. Al . 2014-10-10 . Phthiria sharafi sp. nov., a new record of the subfamily Phthiriinae (Bombyliidae, Diptera) from Saudi Arabia . Zootaxa . 3872 . 4 . 387–392 . 10.11646/zootaxa.3872.4.6 . 25544092 . 1175-5334.
3. Al-Robai . Sami Asir . Howladar . Saad Mohammed . Mohamed . Haidar Abdalgadir . Ahmed . Abdelazim Ali . 2018-06-01 . Cylindropuntia rosea (DC.) Backeb, (Cactaceae): a new generic alien record in the flora of Saudi Arabia . Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity . en . 11 . 2 . 320–323 . 10.1016/j.japb.2018.04.001 . 89705346 . 2287-884X. free .
4. News: Al-Faifi . Abdullah . 21 May 2009 . Cactus endangers Faifa landscape . Saudi Gazette . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090521195721/http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2009031031698 . 21 May 2009.
5. Washitani, I. (2001). Plant conservation ecology for management and restoration of riparian habitats of lowland Japan. Population Ecology, 43(3), 189-195.
6. Web site: Rana catesbeiana (American bullfrog) .
7. Web site: Rock dove, Feral pigeon / Invasive Species of Japan . 2022-10-27 . www.nies.go.jp.
8. Web site: Garrulax canorus (Chinese hwamei) .
9. Web site: Leiothrix lutea / Invasive Species of Japan .
10. Web site: Common peafowl, Peafowl, Indian peafowl, Blue peafowl / Invasive Species of Japan .
11. Web site: Ring-necked Pheasant / Invasive Species of Japan .
12. Web site: Psittacula krameri (Rose-ringed parakeet) .
13. Web site: Light-vented bulbul / Invasive Species of Japan .
14. Web site: Streptopelia decaocto (Eurasian collared-dove) .
15. Web site: Abbottina rivularis (Chinese false gudgeon) .
16. Web site: Striped bitterling / Invasive Species of Japan .
17. Web site: Acheilognathus macropterus / Invasive Species of Japan .
18. Web site: Kanehira / Invasive Species of Japan .
19. Web site: Zenitanago / Invasive Species of Japan .
20. Web site: Snakehead / Invasive Species of Japan .
21. http://www.iucngisd.org/gisd/speciesname/Clarias+batrachus Clarias batrachus
22. http://www.wildreza.com/publications_files/Reza%20etal%2000_Alien%20Invasive%20Sp%20Bangladesh.pdf The Status of Alien Invasive Species in Bangladeshand their Impact on the Ecosystems
23. Web site: Ctenopharyngodon idella / Invasive Species of Japan .
24. Web site: Common carp, Asian carp / Invasive Species of Japan .
25. http://www.iucngisd.org/gisd/speciesname/Gambusia+affinis Gambusia affinis
26. Web site: Gambusia holbrooki (Eastern mosquitofish) .
27. Web site: Hemibarbus maculatus (Spotted steed) .
28. Web site: Ictalurus punctatus / Invasive Species of Japan .
29. Web site: Cichlasoma urophthalmum (Mayan cichlid) .
30. Web site: Smallmouth bass / Invasive Species of Japan .
31. Web site: Largemouth bass / Invasive Species of Japan .
32. Web site: Swamp eel / Invasive Species of Japan .
33. Web site: Oncorhynchus mykiss / Invasive Species of Japan .
34. Web site: Poecilia reticulata (guppy) .
35. Web site: Pseudorasbora parva (Topmouth gudgeon) .
36. Web site: Brown trout / Invasive Species of Japan .
37. Web site: Silurus asotus / Invasive Species of Japan .
38. Web site: Numachichibu / Invasive Species of Japan .
39. Web site: Xiphophorus hellerii .
40. Web site: Cattle / Invasive Species of Japan .
41. Web site: Callosciurus erythraeus subspp. / Invasive Species of Japan .
42. Web site: Callosciurus finlaysonii (Finlayson's squirrel) .
43. Web site: Feral dog, Domestic dog / Invasive Species of Japan .
44. Web site: Feral goat / Invasive Species of Japan .
45. Web site: Erinaceus SPP. / Invasive Species of Japan .
46. Web site: Siberian chipmunk / Invasive Species of Japan .
47. Web site: Herpestes auropunctatus / Invasive Species of Japan .
48. Web site: Macaca cyclopis / Invasive Species of Japan .
49. Web site: Macaca mulatta / Invasive Species of Japan .
50. Web site: Yellow marten, Japanese marten / Invasive Species of Japan .
51. Web site: Reeves's (Or Chinese) Muntjac / Invasive Species of Japan .
52. Web site: Mus musculus / Invasive Species of Japan .
53. Web site: Japanese weasel / Invasive Species of Japan .
54. Web site: Mustela sibirica / Invasive Species of Japan .
55. Web site: Neovison vison (American mink) .
56. Web site: Raccoon Dog / Invasive Species of Japan .
57. Web site: Muskrat / Invasive Species of Japan .
58. Web site: Oryctolagus cuniculus / Invasive Species of Japan .
59. Web site: Ovis aries (Sheep) .
60. Web site: Masked Musang， Masked Palm Civet / Invasive Species of Japan .
61. Web site: Black rat，Roof rat, oriental house rat / Invasive Species of Japan .
62. Web site: Wild boar, Eurasia Wild Pig / Invasive Species of Japan .
63. Web site: Green anole / Invasive Species of Japan .
64. Web site: Chelydra serpentina subspp. / Invasive Species of Japan .
65. Web site: Yellow-margined box turtle / Invasive Species of Japan .
66. Web site: Hokou gecko / Invasive Species of Japan .
67. Web site: Hemidactylus frenatus (Common house gecko) .
68. Web site: Mourning gecko / Invasive Species of Japan .
69. Web site: Beauty snake / Invasive Species of Japan .
70. Web site: Chinese softshell turtle / Invasive Species of Japan .
71. Web site: Trachemys scripta elegans / Invasive Species of Japan .
72. Web site: Sakisima habu / Invasive Species of Japan .
73. Web site: Taiwan habu / Invasive Species of Japan .
74. Web site: Agriosphodrus dohrni / Invasive Species of Japan .
75. Web site: Anoplolepis gracilipes (Yellow crazy ant) .
76. Web site: Aromia bungii / Invasive Species of Japan .
77. Further Spread of and Domination by Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) Biotype Q on Field Crops in China. 10.1603/EC11009. 2011. Pan. Huipeng. Chu. Dong. Ge. Daqing. Wang. Shaoli. Wu. Qingjun. Xie. Wen. Jiao. Xiaoguo. Liu. Baiming. Yang. Xin. Yang. Nina. Su. Qi. Xu. Baoyun. Zhang. Youjun. Journal of Economic Entomology. 104. 3. 978–985. 21735919. 21208477.
78. Web site: Caverelius saccharivorus / Invasive Species of Japan .
79. Web site: Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly) .
80. Web site: Chrysomya bezziana (Old World screw-worm) .
81. Web site: Cinara cupressi sensu lato (Cypress aphid) .
82. Web site: Coptotermes formosanus (Formosan subterranean termite) .
83. Web site: Corythucha ciliata (Sycamore lace bug) .
84. Web site: Ctenarytaina eucalypti (Blue gum psyllid) .
85. Web site: Cydalima perspectalis (Box tree moth) .
86. Web site: Cylas formicarius / Invasive Species of Japan .
87. Web site: Delta pyriforme / Invasive Species of Japan .
88. Web site: Dendroctonus pseudotsugae (Douglas-fir beetle) .
89. Web site: Drosophila suzukii (Spotted wing drosophila) .
90. Web site: Epilachna varivestis / Invasive Species of Japan .
91. Web site: Erionota torus (Banana skipper) .
92. Web site: Euscepes postfasciatus / Invasive Species of Japan .
93. Web site: Frankliniella occidentalis (Western flower thrips) .
94. Web site: Hylurgus ligniperda (Red-haired pine bark beetle) .
95. Web site: Hypera postica / Invasive Species of Japan .
96. Web site: Hyphantria cunea / Invasive Species of Japan.
97. Web site: Icerya purchasi (Cottony cushion scale) .
98. Web site: Linepithema humile (Argentine ant) .
99. Web site: Liriomyza sativae / Invasive Species of Japan.
100. Web site: Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus (Rice water weevil) .
101. Web site: Liriomyza trifolii / Invasive Species of Japan.
102. Web site: Nealsomyia rufella / Invasive Species of Japan.
103. Web site: / Invasive Species of Japan.
104. Web site: Oracella acuta (Loblolly pine mealybug) .
105. Web site: Paraglenea fortunei / Invasive Species of Japan.
106. Web site: Parasa lepida / Invasive Species of Japan.
107. Web site: Pheidole megacephala (Big-headed ant) .
108. Web site: Phenacoccus manihoti (Cassava mealybug) .
109. Web site: Phenacoccus solenopsis (Cotton mealybug) .
110. Web site: Pineus pini (Pine woolly aphid) .
111. Web site: Platypus quercivorus (Oak ambrosia beetle) .
112. Web site: Quadrastichus erythrinae (Erythrina gall wasp) .
113. Web site: Rhabdoscelus obscurus / Invasive Species of Japan .
114. Web site: Rhynchophorus ferrugineus / Invasive Species of Japan.
115. Web site: Solenopsis geminata (Tropical fire ant) .
116. Web site: Solenopsis invicta (Red imported fire ant) .
117. Web site: Melon thrips / Invasive Species of Japan.
118. Web site: Trialeurodes vaporariorum / Invasive Species of Japan.
119. Web site: Unaspis yanonensis / Invasive Species of Japan.
120. Web site: Vespa velutina (Asian hornet) .
121. Web site: Xyleborus volvulus .
122. Web site: Asian clam, Prosperity clam / Invasive Species of Japan.
123. Web site: Limnoperna fortunei (Golden mussel) .
124. Web site: Mytilopsis sallei (Caribbean false mussel) .
125. Web site: Mytilus galloprovincialis / Invasive Species of Japan .
126. Web site: Green mussel, green-lipped mussel / Invasive Species of Japan .
127. Web site: Pinctada imbricata radiata (Rayed pearl oyster) .
128. Web site: Ruditapes philippinarum (Japanese carpet shell) .
129. Web site: SMLL brown mussel / Invasive Species of Japan .
130. Web site: Threeband gardenslug, greenhouse slug / Invasive Species of Japan .
131. Web site: Onyx slippersnail / Invasive Species of Japan .
132. Web site: Euglandina rosea (Rosy predator snail) .
133. Web site: GISD .
134. Web site: Nassarius snail / Invasive Species of Japan .
135. Web site: Potamopyrgus antipodarum / Invasive Species of Japan .
136. Web site: Tomato russet mite / Invasive Species of Japan .
137. Web site: Striped barnacle / Invasive Species of Japan .
138. Web site: Amphibalanus improvisus (Bay barnacle) .
139. Web site: Bugula neritina (Brown bryozoan) .
140. Web site: Bursaphelenchus xylophilus / Invasive Species of Japan .
141. Web site: / Invasive Species of Japan .
142. Web site: Crangonyx floridanus / Invasive Species of Japan .
143. Web site: Potato-cyst nematode / Invasive Species of Japan .
144. Web site: / Invasive Species of Japan .
145. Web site: Latrodectus geometricus / Invasive Species of Japan .
146. Web site: Latrodectus hasselti / Invasive Species of Japan .
147. Web site: Pacifastacus leniusculus / Invasive Species of Japan .
148. Web site: Platydemus manokwari / Invasive Species of Japan .
149. Web site: Polyandrocarpa zorritensis .
150. Web site: Procambarus clarkii (Red swamp crayfish) .
151. Web site: Tuberculate pear crab / Invasive Species of Japan .