Biocontrol introduction

Target pest: Orchamoplatus citri (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) = Aleuroplatus citri, Australian citrus whitefly

Agent introduced: Encarsia iris (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae)

EPA Applications:

EPA (2013c) - 4 December 2012: application by New Zealand Citrus Growers Inc. to import three parasitic wasps (Cales orchamoplati, Encarsia iris and Eretmocerus orchamoplati) into containment to evaluate their suitability as control agents for Australian citrus whitefly. EPA Application # APP201511, approved with controls 13 February 2013.

References

EPA (2013c). Application to EPA (APP201511) to import three parasitic wasps (Cales orchamoplati, Encarsia iris and Eretmocerus orchamoplati) into containment to evaluate their suitability as control agents for Australian citrus whitefly. Environmental Protection Authority website https://www.epa.govt.nz/database-search/hsno-application-register/view/APP201511