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Insect pests of eucalypts in California: implications of managing invasive species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

T.D. Paine  and
J.G. Millar
T.D. Paine*
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
J.G. Millar
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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*Fax: (909) 787 3086 E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

For the first 150 years following their introduction, eucalypts planted in the California landscape were free of both insect pests and diseases. In the last 15 years, numerous herbivorous insect species have been introduced accidentally into the State and have caused significant damage to the trees. Several of these species, e.g. Phoracantha semipunctata (Fabricius), Phoracantha recurva Newman (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) and Gonipterus scutellatus Gyllenhal (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), have also been introduced into other parts of the world where eucalypts are grown, whereas others, e.g. Glycaspsis brimblecombei Moore (Hemiptera: Spondyliaspidae) and Eucalyptolyma maideni Froggatt (Hemiptera: Spondyliaspidae), are currently restricted to California and Australia. Research programmes have provided management solutions to individual pest problems, but as more pest species are introduced, these solutions must be integrated across broad geographic, horticultural, and economic scales, in a systems approach.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 92 , Issue 2 , April 2002 , pp. 147 - 151
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2002

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