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First Recovery of Oberea erythrocephala on the Leafy Spurge Complex in the United States

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Norman E. Rees ,
Robert W. Pemberton ,
Antonio Rizza  and
Pasquale Pecora
Norman E. Rees
Affiliation:
U.S. Dep. Agric., Agric. Res. Ser., Rangeland Insect Lab., Bozeman, MT 59717-0001
Robert W. Pemberton
Affiliation:
U.S. Dep. Agric., Agric. Res. Serv., Biol. Control Weeds Lab., Albany, CA 94706
Antonio Rizza
Affiliation:
U.S. Dep. Agric., Agric. Res. Serv., Biocontrol of Weeds–Europe, American Embassy, Agric. APO NY 09794-0007
Pasquale Pecora
Affiliation:
U.S. Dep. Agric., Agric. Res. Serv., Biocontrol of Weeds–Europe, American Embassy, Agric. APO NY 09794-0007
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Abstract

The beetle Oberea erythrocephala, whose larvae mine stems and roots of leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula L. # EPHES), was introduced into Oregon, Montana, and Wyoming between 1980 and 1984. Although it was not recovered in Oregon and Wyoming, it became established at two of three release sites in Montana and appears to be accepting leafy spurge plants at a fourth.

Keywords

Biocontrolstem minerEuphorbia cyparissiasEuphorbia esulaEPHESEPHCY
Type
Weed Biology and Ecology
Information
Weed Science , Volume 34 , Issue 3 , May 1986 , pp. 395 - 397
Copyright
Copyright © 1986 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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