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First edition issued 2011 Contents 1 Exotic Wood-Boring and Bark Beetles Contents i Figures v Tables xi Acknowledgements xiii How to Cite the Guidelines xiii Writers xiii Writer/Editor xiii Contributors xiii Assistance, Guidance and Review xiii Cover Image xiv Introduction 1-1 Contents 1 Purpose 1 Users 2 Pest Status 2 Contacts 3 Initiating an Emergency Pest Response Program 3 Preventing an Infestation 5 Scope 5 What the Guidelines Does Not Cover 6 Authorities 6 Resources 6 Program Safety 7 Support for Program Decisionmaking 7 How to Use the Guidelines 7 Conventions 8 Acknowledgements 11 How to Cite the Guidelines 11 How to Find More Information 11 Pest Information 2-1 Contents 1 Introduction 2 Classification 2 Pest Status 5 Economic Importance 5 Current and Potential Distribution and Detections 7 Damage to Host Plants 20 2/2011-1 Exotic Wood-Boring and Bark Beetles i Emergency and Domestic Programs Contents Hosts 26 Biology and Life Cycle 33 Environmental Impact 41 Identification 3-1 Contents 1 Introduction 1 Authorities 2 Reporting 2 Identifying 2 Description 3 Survey Procedures 4-1 Contents 1 Introduction 2 Preparation, Sanitization, and Clean-up 2 Survey Types 4 Detection Survey 5 Targeting and Site Selection 6 Survey Season and Timing 6 Sentinel Survey Sites 7 Delimiting Survey 7 Traceback and Trace-Forward Investigations 8 Monitoring Survey 8 Prediction of Insect Development 8 Trapping 10 Multi-Funnel Traps 11 Cross-Vane Panel Traps 13 Attractant Lures 15 Trap Placement and Density 17 Trap Setup 17 Collection of Trap Contents 18 Trap Trees 19 Pest-Specific Trapping and Lures 20 Visual Inspection 22 Pest-Specific Visual Inspection 23 Survey Records 40 Regulatory Procedures 5-1 Contents 1 Introduction 1 Instructions to Officials 1 Regulatory Actions and Authorities 2 Tribal Governments 3 Overview of Regulatory Program After Detection 4 Record-Keeping 4 Issuing an Emergency Action Notification 5 ii Exotic Wood-Boring and Bark Beetles 2/2011-1 Emergency and Domestic Programs Contents Regulated Area Requirements Under Regulatory Control 5 Establishing a Federal Regulatory Area or Action 5 Regulatory Records 6 Use of Chemicals 6 Control Procedures 6-1 Contents 1 Introduction 2 Overview of Emergency Programs 2 Treatment Options 3 Environmental Documentation and Monitoring 3 Efficacy of Treatment 3 Site Assessment 4 Safeguarding Against Artificial Movement 4 Chemical Controls 5 Pest-Specific Chemical Controls 6 EPA Registered Insecticides 8 Cultural Controls 10 Pest-Specific Cultural Controls 11 Biological Controls 13 Other Control Methods 14 Environmental Compliance 7-1 Content 1 Introduction 1 Overview 1 National Environmental Policy Act 2 Categorical Exclusion 2 Environmental Impact Statement 2 Environmental Assessment 3 Environmental Monitoring 3 Biological Assessment 4 Pathways 8-1 Contents 1 Introduction 1 Interceptions 1 Countries of Origin 3 Destinations 4 Risk 5 Solid Wood Packing Material 5 References References-1 Publications, Web Sites, and Other 1 Glossary Glossary-1 Resources A-1 Forms B-1 Contents 1 2/2011-1 Exotic Wood-Boring and Bark Beetles iii Emergency and Domestic Programs Contents PPQ 391 Specimens For Determination 2 PPQ 523 Emergency Action Notification 7 How to Submit Bark Beetle Specimens C-1 Taxonomic Support for Surveys D-1 Key to Help Screen Tomicus piniperda E-1 Key for Separating Tomicus Bark Beetles F-1 Natural Enemies G-1 Contents 1 Wasp Watcher Brochure H-1 Index Index-1 iv Exotic Wood-Boring and Bark Beetles 2/2011-1 Emergency and Domestic Programs Figures 1 Exotic Wood-Boring and Bark Beetles Figure 2-1 Host Risk Map for Agrilus biguttatus Fabricius in the Continental United States 2-9 Figure 2-2 Final Risk Map for Monochamus saltuarius Gebler in the Continental United States 2-11 Figure 2-3 Host Risk Map for Monochamus sutor Linnaeus in the Continental United States 2-13 Figure 2-4 Host Risk Map for Tetropium castaneum Linnaeus in the Continental United States 2-15 Figure 2-5 Host Risk Map for Tetropium fuscum Fabricius in the Continental United States 2-17 Figure 2-6 Host Risk Map for Platypus quercivorus Murayama (Platypodinae) in the Continental United States 2-18 Figure 2-7 Final Risk Map for Tomicus destruens Wollaston (Scolytinae) in the Continental United States 2-20 Figure 3-1 Final Stage Larva of Agrilus biguttatus Fabricius (Buprestidae) (Louis-Michel Nageleisen, Département de la Santé des Forêts, http:// www.bugwood.org) 3-6 Figure 3-2 Pupae of Agrilus biguttatus Fabricius (Buprestidae) (Louis-Michel Nageleisen, Département de la Santé des Forêts, http://www.bugwood.org) 3-6 Figure 3-3 Dorsal View of Agrilus biguttatus (Natasha Wright, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, http:// www.bugwood.org) 3-7 Figure 3-4 Side View of Agrilus biguttatus (Natasha Wright, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, http:// www.bugwood.org) 3-7 Figure 3-5 Adult of Agrilus biguttatus (Andrea Battisti, Università di Padova, http://www.bugwood.org UGA1329046) 3-8 Figure 3-6 Adult of Agrilus ater (Christoph Benisch, http://www.kerbtier.de/) 3-9 Figure 3-7 Adult of Agrilus guerini (Zdenk Chalupa and Petr Horsák) 3-9 Figure 3-8 Adult of Monochamus saltuarius (Cyorgy Csoka, Hungary Forest Research Institute, Hungary, http://www.bugwood.org UGA1231144) 3-12 Figure 3-9 Adult of Monochamus carolinensis (Natasha Wright, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, http:// www.bugwood.org) 3-13 Figure 3-10 Adult Monochamus titillator (Natasha Wright, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, http://www.bugwood.org) 3-13 2/2011-1 Exotic Wood-Boring and Bark Beetles v Emergency and Domestic Programs Figures Figure 3-11 Side View of Adult Monochamus titillator (Natasha Wright, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, http:// www.bugwood.org) 3-14 Figure 3-12 Adult of Monochamus alternatus (Pest and Diseases Image Library, http://www.bugwood.org) 3-14 Figure 3-13 Dorsal View of Adult of Monochamus alternatus (Pest and Diseases Image Library, http://www.bugwood.org UGA2154049) 3-16 Figure 3-14 Ventral View of Adult Monochamus sutor (Christopher Pierce, USDA–APHIS–PPQ, http://www.bugwood.org UGA2154050) 3-17 Figure 3-15 Dorsal View of Adult Monochamus scutellatus (Natasha Wright, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, http:// www.bugwood.org) 3-17 Figure 3-16 Side View of Adult Monochamus scutellatus (Natasha Wright, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, http:// www.bugwood.org) 3-18 Figure 3-17 Larva and Frass of Tetropium castaneum Linnaeus (Stanislaw Kinelski, Poland, http://www.bugwood.org UGA1258315) 3-20 Figure 3-18 Pupa of Tetropium castaneum Linnaeus (Stanislaw Kinelski, http:/ /www.bugwood.org UGA1258317) 3-20 Figure 3-19 Adult of Tetropium castaneum (Gyorgy Csoka, Hungary Forest Research Institute, Hungary, http://www.bugwood.org UGA1231097) 3-21 Figure 3-20 Larva of Tetropium fuscum Fabricius (Stephanie Sopow, Natural Resources Canada, http://www.bugwood.org UGA 5331018) 3-23 Figure 3-21 Pupa of Tetropium fuscum Fabricius with Larval Exuvia (Stephanie Sopow, Natural Resources Canada, http://www.bugwood.org UGA5331016) 3-23 Figure 3-22 Adult of Tetropium fuscum Fabricius adult (Stanislaw Kinelski, Poland, http://www.bugwood.org UGA1258311) 3-24 Figure 3-23 Adult Male of Tetropium cinnamopterum (S. Sopow, Canadian Forest Service) 3-25 Figure 3-24 Adult Male of Tetropium schwarzianum (S.