Biocontrol introduction

Target pest: Ulex europaeus (Fabales: Fabaceae), gorse

Agent introduced: Cydia internana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

Imported:

1989

Import source:

England

Import notes:

Landcare Research (2007a) - specimens of C. internana from England, dated 1989, are present in the Biological Control Voucher Collection of the New Zealand Arthropod Collection [indicating an importation from England in that year].

Released:

Not released.

References

Landcare Research (2007a). New Zealand Arthropod Collection (NZAC) Biological Control Voucher Collection. Landcare Research website [Updated 2020] https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/tools-and-resources/collections/new-zealand-arthropod-collection-nzac/databases-and-holdings/new-t2-landing-page/