Biocontrol introduction

Target pest: Pineus laevis (Hemiptera: Adelgidae), pine twig chermes, pine woolly aphid

Agent introduced: Chrysopa spp. (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae)

Imported: 1926

Import source: North America

Release details: Unknown if any releases or even introductions were made as reported in USDA Agriculture Handbook 480. No New Zealand references to this.

References

Cameron PJ, Hill RL, Bain J, Thomas WP (1989). A Review of Biological Control of Invertebrate Pests and Weeds in New Zealand 1874-1987. Technical Communication No 10. CAB International Institute of Biological Control. DSIR Entomology Division. 424p.