Record of organisms developed at ABCL, status and their targets.

 

 

Target	Research Stage	Agent	Mode of Attack
Melaleuca quinquenervia (broad-leaved paperbark tree)	Released in Florida	Oxyops vitiosa	Leaf-feeding weevil
		Boreioglycaspis melaleucae	Sap-sucking bug
		Fergusonina turneri	Bud-galling fly
		Lophodiplosis trifida	Stem-galling fly
	Florida quarantine	Haplonyx multicolor	Bud-feeding weevil
	Australian evaluation	Lophodiplosis indentata	Leaf-galling fly
		“Sphaerococcus” ferrugineus	Gall-forming scale
		Rhytiphora sp.	Wood-boring beetle
Lygodium microphyllum (old world climbing fern)	Released in Florida	Austromusotima camptozonale	Defoliating moth
		Floracarus perrepae	Leaf-feeding mite
		Neomusotima conspurcatalis	Defoliating moth
	Florida quarantine	Neostrombocerus albicomus	Defoliating sawfly
	ABCL quarantine	Lygomusotima stria	Defoliating moth
		Ambia spp.	Stem-boring moths
Hydrilla verticillata (hydrilla)	Released in Florida/Texas	Bagous hydrillae	Stem-boring weevil
		Hydrellia balciunasi	Leaf-mining fly
	Under evaluation in Australia/Asia	Bagous spp.	Stem-boring weevils
		Paracymoriza vagalis	Defoliating moth

 

 

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