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Biological Control of Invasive Alien Plants in South Africa: a List of All Insects, Mites and Pathogens Released As Biological Control Agents from 1913- 2018 Citation: Zachariades, C. (2018) Biological control of invasive alien plants in South Africa: a list of all insects, mites and pathogens released as biological control agents from 1913- 2018. http://www.arc.agric.za/arc-ppri/Documents/Table2-NaturalEnemiesReleased.pdf Table 2. Target weed species in South Africa, their region of origin and degree of biological control achieved (see below for definitions): natural enemies released, or for which a release permit has been obtained, their feeding guilds or association with the host plant, year of release, establishment, and degree of agent damage to the weed (if established) (see below for definitions), and key references for each (see separate references document). Winston et al. (2014) was consulted for some sources of agents. Scientific name and author Degree of Natural enemy Feeding guild Agent research Damage inflicted Source of agent Key references Common name control status Region of origin ARACEAE Pistia stratiotes L. Complete Neohydronomus affinis Hustache Leaf and stem Released 1985, Extensive Brazil via Australia Cilliers 1991; Coetzee et water lettuce (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) borer established al 2011b South America ASTERACEAE Ageratina adenophora (Spreng.) Negligible Passalora ageratinae Crous & A.R. Leaf spot Released 1987, Moderate Prob. Central Morris 1989, 1991; R.M.King & H.Rob. (= Eupatorium Wood pathogen established America, prob. via Buccellato et al. 2012 adenophorum Spreng.) (=“Phaeoramularia” sp.) Hawaii (USA), via crofton weed (anamorphic fungus; Australia Mycosphaerellales: Central America Mycosphaerellaceae) Procecidochares utilis Stone (Diptera: Stem galler Released 1984, Moderate Mexico Kluge 1991; Erasmus et Tephritidae) established al.1992; Buccellato et al. 2012 Ageratina riparia (Regel) R.M.King & Complete Entyloma ageratinae R.W. Barreto Leaf pathogen Released 1989, Considerable Jamaica via Hawaii Morris 1991 H.Rob. (= Eupatorium riparium &H.C. Evans (Entylomatales: established (USA) Regel) Entylomataceae) mistflower Central America Campuloclinium macrocephalum Negligible Cochylis campuloclinium Brown Flower feeder Release permit Argentina Brown 2006; (Less.) DC. (formerly Eupatorium (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) issued McConnachie et al. 2011 macrocephalum Less.) pompom weed Liothrips tractabilis Mound & Pereyra Stem galler Released 2013, Moderate Argentina Mound & Pereyra 2008; South America (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) established McConnachie et al. 2011 Puccinia eupatorii Dietel (Pucciniales: Leaf rust Not released, occurs Moderate McConnachie et al. 2011; Pucciniaceae) pathogen locally Retief et al. 2016 Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.M.King Substantial Calycomyza eupatorivora Spencer Leaf miner Released 2003, Trivial Jamaica Zachariades et al. 2002; & H. Rob. (formerly Eupatorium (Diptera: Agromyzidae) established Strathie et al. 2007; odoratum L.) Zachariades et al. 2011b; triffid weed Nzama et al. 2014a&b Dichrorampha odorata Brown & Stem-tip galler Released 2013, Jamaica Brown & Zachariades North, Central & South America Zachariades (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) establishment 2007, Dube et al. 2017 unconfirmed Lixus aemulus Petri (Coleoptera: Stem borer Released 2011, Acre state, Brazil Zachariades et al. 2002; Curculionidae) establishment Kluge & Zachariades 2006 unconfirmed Pareuchaetes aurata (Butler) Leaf feeder Released 1990, not North-western Kluge & Caldwell 1993a; (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) established Argentina Zachariades et al. 1999 Pareuchaetes insulata (Walker) Leaf feeder Released 2001, Extensive, Florida, USA; Kluge & Caldwell 1993b; (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) established localised Jamaica; Cuba Strathie & Zachariades 2004; Strathie et al. 2007; Zachariades et al. 2011b; Dube et al 2009, 2014; Uyi et al. 2014 a&b, 2015, 2016a&b, 2017, Zachariades et al. 2016 Pareuchaetes pseudoinsulata Rego Leaf feeder Released 1989 & Trinidad via USA; Strathie & Zachariades Barros (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) 1998, not Trinidad via 2002; Zachariades et al. established Indonesia; Northern 2011b Venezuela Recchia parvula (Lane) Stem and crown Released 2016, North-western Zachariades et al. 2007; (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) borer establishment Argentina Zachariades et al. 2011b unconfirmed Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten. Negligible Rhinocyllus conicus (Froelich) Seed feeder Released Moderate France Zimmermann 1991; spear thistle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) 1984,1986, Hodson et al. 2003 established Europe Urophora stylata (Fabricius) (Diptera: Seed feeder Released 1984, Germany, France Zimmermann 1991 Tephritidae) 1987, 1989, 1990, not established Parthenium hysterophorus L. Under Listronotus setosipennis (Hustache) Stem borer Released 2013, Considerable Argentina Dhileepan & Strathie parthenium evaluation (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) established 2009; Strathie et al. 2011 Caribbean Puccinia abrupta var. partheniicola Leaf rust Not released, occurs Moderate Unknown origin Wood & Scholler 2002; (Jack. & Holw.) (Pucciniales: pathogen locally Dhileepan & Strathie 2009 Pucciniaceae) Puccinia xanthii Schwein. var. Leaf rust Released 2010, Considerable Australia (originally Dhileepan & Strathie parthenii-hysterophorae Seier, H.C. pathogen established Mexico) 2009; Strathie et al. 2011 Evans & Á. Romero (=P.melampodii; Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae) Smicronyx lutulentus Dietz Seed feeder Released 2015, Unknown Australia (originally Dhileepan & Strathie (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) established. Mexico) 2009; Strathie et al. 2011 Zygogramma bicolorata Pallister Leaf feeder Released 2013, Considerable Australia (originally Dhileepan & Strathie (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: established Mexico) 2009; Strathie et al. 2011; Cassidinae) McConnachie 2015a; Chidawanyika et al. 2017 Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn. Not Rhinocyllus conicus (Froelich) Seed feeder Alternative host, California, USA Zimmermann 1991 milk thistle determined (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) released 1985, not established Mediterranean, Asia Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A.Gray Not Physonota maculiventris (Coleoptera: Leaf feeder Release permit Mexico Mphephu et al. 2017 Mexican sunflower applicable Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) issued Central America Tithonia rotundifolia (Mill.) S.F.Blake Under Zygogramma piceicollis (Stål) Leaf feeder Released 2015, Considerable, Mexico Simelane et al. 2011b red sunflower evaluation (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: established localised Chrysomelinae) Central America Zygogramma signatipennis (Stål) Leaf feeder Released 2015, Considerable, Mexico Simelane et al. 2011b (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: established localised Chrysomelinae) AZOLLACEAE Azolla cristata Kaulf. Complete Stenopelmus rufinasus Gyllenhal Frond feeder Alternative host, Extensive USA Madeira et al. 2016 Carolina water fern (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) released 1997, established North and South America Azolla filiculoides Lam. Complete Stenopelmus rufinasus Gyllenhal Frond feeder Released 1997, Extensive USA McConnachie et al.2004; red water fern (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) established Hill et al. 2008; Coetzee et al. 2011b South America BASELLACEAE Anredera cordifolia (Ten.) Steenis Under Plectonycha correntina Lacordaire Leaf feeder Released 2016, Trivial Buenos Aires, Cagnotti et al. 2007; Van subsp. cordifolia evaluation (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: established Argentina der Westhuizen 2011 Madeira vine Chrysomelinae) South America BIGNONIACEAE Dolichandra unguis-cati (L.) Lohman Negligible Carvalhotingis hollandi Drake Leaf sucker Released 2007, Unknown Misiones, Argentina Williams et al. 2008 (formerly Macfadyena unguis-cati (Hemiptera: Tingidae) established (L.) A.H.Gentry) cat's claw creeper Carvalhotingis visenda Drake & Leaf sucker Released 2007, Moderate Misiones, Argentina Williams et al. 2008 Hambleton (Hemiptera: Tingidae) established Central and South America Cercosporella dolichandrae Crous & Leaf spot Not released, occurs Moderate den Breeӱen (Mycosphaerellales: pathogen locally; also under Mycosphaerellaceae) investigation Charidotis auroguttata Boheman Leaf feeder Released 1999, Trivial Miranda, Venezuela Sparks 1999; Williams (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: established 2002 Cassidinae) Hedwigiella jureceki (Obenberger) Leaf miner Released 2007, Trivial Misiones, Argentina King et al. 2011b (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) established Hypocosmia pyrochroma Jones Leaf feeder Released 2010, Misiones, Argentina Dhileepan et al. 2007; (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) establishment King et al. 2011b unconfirmed Tecoma stans (L.) Juss ex Kunth Under Mada polluta (Mulsant) (Coleoptera: Leaf feeder Released 2013, Moderate Guerrero, Mexico Madire et al. 2011a; var. stans evaluation Coccinellidae) established Madire 2013 yellow bells North and Central America Prospodium transformans (Ellis & Leaf rust Released 2010, not Mexico Wood 2008; Madire et al. Everh.) Cummins (Pucciniales: pathogen established 2011a Uropyxidaceae) Pseudonapomyza sp. (Diptera: Leaf miner Released 2014, Trivial San Pedro, Madire 2009/10; Madire et Agromyzidae) established Argentina al. 2011a,b CACTACEAE Austrocylindropuntia subulata Not Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg) Cladode borer Alternative host, Unknown Argentina via Moran & Zimmermann (Muehlenpf.) Backeb. (=Opuntia determined (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) established Australia 1991b exaltata (Berger)) long spine cactus South America Cereus jamacaru DC. and C. Complete Hypogeococcus festerianus (Lizer y Stem sucker Alternative host, Extensive Argentina via Moran & Zimmermann hildmannianus K.Schum. Trelles) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) established Australia 1991b; Klein 1999; queen of the night Paterson et al. 2011 South
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