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The leaf-tying moth Hypocosmia pyrochroma (Lep., Pyralidae), a host-specific biological control agent for cat's claw creeper Macfadyena unguis-cati (Bignoniaceae) in Australia

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Dhileepan, K., Snow, E.L., Rafter, M.A., Treviño, M., McCarthy, J. and Senaratne, K.A.D.W. (2007) The leaf-tying moth Hypocosmia pyrochroma (Lep., Pyralidae), a host-specific biological control agent for cat's claw creeper Macfadyena unguis-cati (Bignoniaceae) in Australia. Journal of Applied Entomology, 131 (8). pp. 564-568.

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Article Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0418.2007.01208.x

Publisher URL: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/home

Abstract

Cat's claw creeper, Macfadyena unguis-cati, a major environmental weed in coastal and sub-coastal areas of Queensland and New South Wales, Australia is a target for classical biological control. Host specificity of Hypocosmia pyrochroma Jones (Lep., Pyralidae), as a potential biological control agent was evaluated on the basis of no-choice and choice larval feeding and survival, and adult oviposition preference tests, involving 38 plant species in 10 families. In no-choice tests, larval feeding and development occurred only on cat's claw creeper. In choice tests, oviposition and larval development was evident only on cat's claw creeper. The results support the host-specificity tests conducted in South Africa, and suggest that H. pyrochroma is a highly specific biological control agent that does not pose any risk to non-target plants tested in Australia. This agent has been approved for field release by relevant regulatory authorities in Australia.

Item Type:Article
Corporate Creators:Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation (DEEDI), Agri-Science, Crop and Food Science, QPIF
Business groups:Crop and Food Science
Additional Information:© 2007 The Authors. © Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Keywords:Bignoniaceae; biological control; cat's claw creeper; host specificity; leaf-tying moth; Macfadyena unguis-cati; Pyralidae.
Subjects:Science > Zoology > Invertebrates > Insects
Science > Invasive Species > Plants > Biological control
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Last Modified:03 Sep 2021 16:43

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