Biocontrol introduction

Target pest: Eriosoma lanigerum (Hemiptera: Aphididae), woolly apple aphid

Agent introduced: Heringia calcarata (Diptera: Syphidae)

Imported:

2012, 2013, 2014

Import notes:

Vicky Davis (Plant and Food Research, pers. comm. 2014) - four shipments were received in 2012, one in 2013 and one in 2014 for evaluation in quarantine. The colony failed as the flies did not mate.

EPA Applications:

EPA (2010b) - 5 Nov 2010: application by Pipfruit New Zealand Inc. to import the hoverfly Heringia calcarata, a biological control agent of woolly apple aphid, into containment for breeding and host specificity experiments. ERMA Application # ERMA200686, approved with controls 14 Dec 2010.

References

EPA (2010b). Application to EPA (ERMA200686) to import Heringia calcarata, a biological control agent of woolly apple aphid (Eriosoma lanigerum), into containment for breeding and host specificity testing experiments. Environmental Protection Authority website https://www.epa.govt.nz/database-search/hsno-application-register/view/ERMA200686