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A Twig Borer Biological Control Xylosandrus crassiusculus (Motschulsky) syn. Xyleborus crassiusculus
From: Frank, J. Howard and John L. Foltz, 1997, Classical Biological Control of Pest Insects of Trees in the Southern United States: A Review and Recommendations, USDA, FS, FHTET-96-20. Adventive (Asia) ca. 1983: FL, NC, SC, TX. Resident natural enemies: Apparently none reported. Biological control attempts: None known. Biological control possibilities: The best approach is to search for specific natural enemies in the native (Asian) range of this species. See also comments under Dendroctonus frontalis and Ips calligraphus. [ Back ] |
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