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Introduction and establishment of Carvalhotingis visenda (Hemiptera: Tingidae) as a biological control agent for cat's claw creeper Macfadyena unguis-cati (Bignoniaceae) in Australia

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Dhileepan, K., Trevino, M., Bayliss, D., Saunders, M., Shortus, M., McCarthy, J., Snow, E. L. and Walter, G. H. (2010) Introduction and establishment of Carvalhotingis visenda (Hemiptera: Tingidae) as a biological control agent for cat's claw creeper Macfadyena unguis-cati (Bignoniaceae) in Australia. Biological Control, 55 (1). pp. 58-62. ISSN 1049-9644

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Article Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2010.06.016

Abstract

Carvalhotingis visenda (Hemiptera: Tingidae) is the first biological control agent approved for release against cat's claw creeper Macfadyena unguis-cati (Bignoniaceae) in Australia. The mass-rearing and field releases of C. visenda commenced in May 2007 and since then more than half a million individuals have been released at 72 sites in Queensland and New South Wales. In addition, community groups have released over 11,000 tingid-infested potted cat's claw creeper plants at 63 sites in Queensland. Establishment of C. visenda was evident at 80% of the release sites after three years. The tingid established on the two morphologically distinct 'long-pod' and 'short-pod' cat's claw creeper varieties present in Australia. Establishment was more at sites that received three or more field releases (83%) than at sites that received two or less releases (73%); and also at sites that received more than 5000 individuals (82%) than at sites that received less than 5000 individuals (68%). In the field, the tingid spread slowly (5.4 m per year), and the maximum distance of C. visenda incidence away from the initial release points ranged from 6 m to approximately 1 km. Crown Copyright (C) 2010 Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Item Type:Article
Business groups:Biosecurity Queensland
Additional Information:Crown copyright
Keywords:Tingidae, Mass-rearing, Field release, Community groups, Establishment, Weed, Biological control, Cat's claw creeper, Australia invasive liana chrysomelidae coleoptera biocontrol herbivory Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology Entomology
Subjects:Science > Invasive Species > Plants > Biological control
Science > Invasive Species > Plants > Integrated weed control
Plant pests and diseases > Weeds, parasitic plants etc
Live Archive:17 Jan 2023 00:59
Last Modified:01 Aug 2024 05:02

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