ANRV397-EN55-16 ARI 27 August 2009 19:5 V I E E W R S Review in Advance first posted online on September 3, 2009. (Minor changes may I E still occur before final publication N C N online and in print.) A D V A Invasion Biology, Ecology, and Management of the Light Brown Apple Moth (Tortricidae) D.M. Suckling1 and E.G. Brockerhoff2 1The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Christchurch, New Zealand; email:
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[email protected] Annu. Rev. Entomol. 2010. 55:285–306 Key Words The Annual Review of Entomology is online at Epiphyas postvittana, pest management, invasive species, eradication ento.annualreviews.org This article’s doi: Abstract 10.1146/annurev-ento-112408-085311 Epiphyas postvittana (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae),the light brown Copyright c 2010 by Annual Reviews. apple moth (LBAM), is an important leafroller pest with an excep- All rights reserved by U.S. Department of Agriculture on 09/10/09. For personal use only. tionally wide host range that includes many horticultural crops and Annu. Rev. Entomol. 2010.55. Downloaded from arjournals.annualreviews.org 0066-4170/10/0107-0285$20.00 other woody and herbaceous plants. LBAM is native to southeastern Australia but has invaded Western Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, much of England, and in 2007, it was confirmed as established in California. The discovery of this pest in California has led to a ma- jor detection and regulatory effort because of concerns about economic and environmental impacts.