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Black Twig Borer Biological Control

Xylosandrus compactus (Eichhoff)
Scolytidae

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. 1941: AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, TX, PR, Cuba.

Resident natural enemies: Apparently not reported.

Biological control attempts: None known.

Biological control possibilities: The best approach is a search for specific natural enemies in the native (Asian) range of this species. See also comments under Dendroctonus frontalis and Ips calligraphus.

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