South American insects introduced into Australia for the biological control of Baccharis halimifolia L.

1980 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul John McFadyen
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
South American ◽  
Baccharis Halimifolia

Acigona infusella (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), an agent for biological control of waterhyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) in Australia

1983 ◽  
Vol 73 (4) ◽  
pp. 625-632 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. P. A. Sands ◽  
R. C. Kassulke
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Host Specificity ◽  
Eichhornia Crassipes ◽  
Larval Mortality ◽  
Egg Mass ◽  
South American ◽  
Biological Control Agents ◽  
Pontederia Cordata ◽  
Mass Size ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae

AbstractThe biology and host specificity of a South American moth, Acigona infusella (Wlk.), were studied in quarantine facilities in Australia. In choice tests on the host specificity of A. infusella, slight feeding by larvae occured on ginger, lettuce, banana, bullrush (Typha orientalis) and water primrose (Ludwigia peploides), but in starvation tests only waterhyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) and pickerel weed (Pontederia cordata) supported complete development. A decrease in larval mortality and increase in egg-mass size of A. infusella occured when a microsporidian, Vairimorpha sp.; infecting the colony was eliminated, suggesting that these insects may then perform more effectively as biological control agents in Australia than in South America. The damage to waterhyacinth cause bu larvae of A. infusella may complement attack by other biological control agents already established in Australia.

scholarly journals First Record of the South American Leafminer Liriomyzα huidobrensis (Blanchard) (Diptera: Agromyzidae) in Greece

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 81
Author(s):  
Ν. Ε. Roditakis
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
First Record ◽  
Potential Method ◽  
Leaf Miner ◽  
Mass Trapping ◽  
South American ◽  
The South ◽  
Broad Beans ◽  
Pupal Parasitoids ◽  
Bean Leaves

In mid autumn 1992 the South American leaf-miner Liriomyza huidobrensis (Blanchard) was firstly recorded on greenhouse cucumbers, melons, beans and outdoor beans, broad beans and lettuce in the following locations of Crete: 1) Mires, Tymbaki, Antiskari at Messara valley of Southern Crete 2) Filissia in the midland and 3) Platanias and Kokini Chani in Northern Crete. The following year L. huidobrensis had spread all over Crete (Ierapetra, Stomion, Koutsoura, Chania etc.) while melon and potato leaves which were sent to our laboratory from mainland Greece, Pirgos (Peloponissos) and Chalkida (Evia island), were found heavily damaged by the same leafmincr. The different types of mines (it usually mines the leaf alongside the veins), the colour of pupae (blackish) and the sudden attack of some plants (lettuce, broad beans, onions) which have never been damaged by the known local leafminers as yet, indicated that it was a newly introduced species. The new leafminer alerted the growers due to the high crop losses on outdoor and greenhouse vegetables (lettuce, broad beans, beans etc) despite the frequent application of registered insecticides. In the following year an extensive survey started to investigate its distribution and host plant in the greenhouses and outdoor vegetables and ornamentals in Crete. L. huidobrensis, a quarantine insect, is a polyphagous leafminer distributed in most biogeographical regions. It is native in South American countries from which it was spread soon in North America, Asia and Europe. In Europe it was first noticed in Holland, England and France in 1989 causing considerable damage to vegetables and ornamentals. It mines the spongy mesophyll reducing the photosynthesis more than the other leafminers. This type of mines is not easily visible, unless the leaf is observed through transmitted sunlight or artificial light. This method was applied to ensure accurate detection of larvae and their parasitoids under a stereoscope. In our observations we found mines in leaves and cucumber fruits as well. Studies of its life cycle on greenhouse beans and melons revealed that most pupae (98%) remain on the bean leaves outside a hole in the autumn, while a few fall on the ground. The number of pupae collected from ten leaves per 24h was: 5.7±1.6 on lettuce, 17.07±4.1 on beans, 24.2±7.3 on melon, 6.0±2 on broad bean leaves. During the survey the following host plants were recorded: Chemical control could be effective by applying certain insecticides (abamectin, triazophos, imidacloprid, heptenophos etc.) while biological control seems to be rather effective by the known parasitoids, which are already used against the tomato leafminer Liriomyza bryoniae Kalt. Biological control of L. huidobrensis was effective on lettuce by means of repeated releases of Dacnusa sibirica Telenga and Diglyphus isaea (Walker) but so far native parasitoids proved to be able to control the pest. Mass trapping with coloured sticky traps seems to be also a potential method in IPM programmes. The mortality of pupae collected from heavily treated greenhouse plants with insecticides varied from 65 to 74% while that of untreated plants was between 18-25%. No pupal parasitoids were recorded but D. isaea and D. sibirica were both recorded as larval parasitoids. D. isaea was abundant all over the year while D. sibirica only in spring-summer period. These two parasitoids were able, in certain cases, to control sufficiently the leaf miner in untreated greenhouse cucumber and bean plants. The neem seed extract (Azadirachta indica) applied on outdoor tomatoes in Antiskari (Southern Crete) proved harmless both on hymenoptera and on the mirid predator Macrolophus caliginogus Wagner. Despite its weak larvicide action on L. huidobrensis it was very effective in conjuction with parasitoids consisting of a promising candidate in IPM programmes.

DESCRIPTION OF THREE NEW SPECIES OF TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE (HYMENOPTERA) FROM CHILE

1999 ◽  
Vol 131 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard Pintureau ◽  
Marcos Gerding ◽  
Ernesto Cisternas
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
New Species ◽  
The Other ◽  
South American ◽  
New Name ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Bruchus Pisorum

AbstractSouth American Trichogrammatidae are poorly known. In this paper we describe a new species of Trichogramma and two new species of Uscana from Chile. The Trichogramma species belongs to the perkinsi group and parasitizes the eggs of Rhyacionia buoliana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). One Uscana species belongs to the senex group (new name proposed for the B group) and parasitizes eggs of Pseudopachymerina spinipes (Coleoptera: Bruchidae), and the other Uscana species belongs to the fumipennis group (new name proposed for the C group) and parasitizes eggs of Bruchus pisorum (Coleoptera: Bruchidae). These new species might be useful in biological control, especially against R. buoliana and B. pisorum, important pests of pines and peas, respectively, in Chile.

scholarly journals Can ants contribute to the conservative biological control of the south american fruit fly?

2019 ◽  
pp. 941-948 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lenon Morales Abeijon ◽  
Alexandra Peter Kruger ◽  
Junir Antonio Lutinski ◽  
Flávio Roberto Mello Garcia
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Fruit Fly ◽  
South American ◽  
The South ◽  
South American Fruit Fly

scholarly journals Biology of Pseudacteon Decapitating Flies (Diptera: Phoridae) That Parasitize Ants of the Solenopsis saevissima Complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in South America

Insects ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Chen ◽  
Sanford D. Porter
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
South America ◽  
Sympatric Species ◽  
Time Of Day ◽  
Fire Ants ◽  
South American ◽  
Active Time ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Phorid Flies ◽  
Imported Fire Ants

Pseudacteon flies (Diptera: Phoridae) parasitize individual ant workers, causing decapitation of the host during pupariation. Phorid flies that attack South American fire ants in the Solenopsis saevissima (Smith) complex are distributed across a wide range of habitats and climates associated with the geographical range of their hosts. Sympatric species sharing the same hosts often partition niche resources by season, active time of day, host size, and/or different host activities. They have the potential of being used for biological control of the imported fire ants in North America, Australia, and Asia.

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