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Reference

Authors: Tillyard RJ

Year: 1923

Title: History of the introduction of beneficial insects into New Zealand.

Citation: Proceedings of the Pan-Pacific Science Congress, Australia, 383-390.

Introductions described:

Target(s)Agent(s)Details
Forficula auricularia, European earwig
Digonochaeta setipennis
Details
Mayetiola destructor, hessian fly
Entodon epigonus
Details
Icerya purchasi, cottony cushion scale
(misc)
Details
Mayetiola destructor, hessian fly
Platygaster minutus
Details
Mayetiola destructor, hessian fly
Pleurotropus epigonus
Details
Saissetia oleae, black scale
Rhizobius ventralis
Details
Icerya purchasi, cottony cushion scale
Vedalia cardinalis
Details
Eriosoma lanigerum, woolly apple aphid
Aphelinus mali
Details
Aphids
Coccinella californica
Details
Pseudococcus calceolariae, citrophilus mealybug
Cryptolaemus montrouzieri
Details
Aphids
Cycloneda sanguinea
Details
Costelytra zealandica, grass grub
Elis sp.
Details
Asterodiaspis variolosa, pit scales, golden oak scale, pustular scale
Habrolepis dalmanni
Details
Aphids
Hippodamia convergens
Details
Costelytra zealandica, grass grub
Ithone fusca
Details
Cydia pomonella, codling moth
Liotryphon caudatus
Details
Eriococcus coriaceus, gum tree scale
Orcus chalybeus, steel-blue ladybird
Details
Saissetia oleae, black scale
Rhyzobius ventralis, gum tree scale ladybird
Details
Icerya purchasi, cottony cushion scale
Novius cardinalis, vedalia beetle, cardinal ladybird
Details
Costelytra zealandica, grass grub
Tiphia sp.
Details
Forficula auricularia, European earwig
Triarthria setipennis
Details