BIOLOGY AND HOST-SPECIFICITY OF WEISEANA-BARKERI (COL, CHRYSOMELIDAE)- A BIOLOGICAL-CONTROL AGENT FOR ACACIA-NILOTICA (MIMOSACEAE)

Authors
MAROHASY J
Citation
J. Marohasy, BIOLOGY AND HOST-SPECIFICITY OF WEISEANA-BARKERI (COL, CHRYSOMELIDAE)- A BIOLOGICAL-CONTROL AGENT FOR ACACIA-NILOTICA (MIMOSACEAE), Entomophaga, 39(3-4), 1994, pp. 335-340
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Entomophaga → ACNP
ISSN journal
00138959
Volume
39
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
335 - 340
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-8959(1994)39:3-4<335:BAHOW(>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The leaf-feeding beetle Weiseana barkeri Jacoby feeds on Acacia niloti ca (L.) Willdenow ex Delile in Kenya. Host specificity tests show it i s host specific to A. nilotica and approval has been given for its fie ld release in northwest Queensland. A novel rearing and host specifici ty-testing technique is reported where A. nilotica foliage stimulates oviposition into strips of corrugated cardboard.