Appendix-1. List of potential insect pests of Hibiscus syriacus with reference data.

Order	Family	Species	Park et al. (2004)	Lee (2005)	Kwon et al. (2005)	Kim et al. (2008)	Kim et al. (2011)	Kim et al. (2013)	Present study
Hemiptera	Alydidae	Leptocorisa chinensis							○†
		Riptortus clavatus							○
	Aphididae	Aphis gossypii	○	○		○			○
	Coccidae	Coccus hesperidum		○	○			○
		Pulvinaria nipponica			○				○
	Coreidae	Cletus punctiger							○
	Disapididae	Parlatoria theae	○
		Pseudaonidia duplex	○		○
		Pseudaulacaspis pentagona	○
	Flatidae	Metcalfa pruinosa							○
	Fulgoridae	Lycorma delicatula							○
	Miridae	Eurystylus coelestialium							○
	Pentatomidae	Carbula putoni						○	○
		Dolycoris baccarum							○
		Eysarcoris guttigerus							○†
		Halyomorpha halys		○					○
		Homalogonia obtusa obtusa							○
		Nezara antennata	○						○
		Plautia stali							○
		Rubiconia intermedia		○
	Plataspididae	Coptosoma bifarium							○
	Rhopalidae	Liorhyssus hyalinus							○†
	Ricaniidae	Pochazia shantungensis							○
Orthoptera	Pyrgomorphidae	Atractomorpha lata	○
Phasmida	Phasmatidae	Ramulus mikado							○
Coleoptera	Cetoniidae	Gametis jucunda							○
		Protaetia brevitarsis seulensis							○
	Chrysomelidae	Phyllotreta striolata							○†
	Rutelidae	Adoretus tenuimaculatus	○
		Anomala cuprea	○
		Popillia mutans							○
		Popillia quadriguttata							○
	Scarabaeidae	Blitopertha orientalis							○
	Tenebrionidae	Borboresthes cruralis							○†
Lepidoptera	Crambidae	Haritalodes derogata		○				○	○
		Rehimena surusalis		○				○	○
	Geometridae	Naxa seraria		○				○
		Descoreggba simplex		○				○
		Erannis golda						○
	Lymantriidae	Artaxa subflava		○				○
		Sphrageidus similis		○				○
	Noctuidae	Orthosia odiosa						○
	Erebidae	Gonitis mesogona	○					○
		Rusicada privata	○	○			○	○	○
		Lymantria dispar							○
		Miltochrista miniata		○
		Stigmatophora leacrita							○
	Hepialidae	Endoclyta excrescens	○
	Psychidae	Eumeta variegata							○

These species were found on leaves or branches of Hibiscus syriacus, but these species are known as insect pests of other plant species or generalists.