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All weed species recorded in the Pacific that are also biological control targets, i.e. the weed species listed in the Weed Matrix on which natural enemies have been released, and the status of natural enemies released in each country in the Pacific. This table also lists natural enemies that are not present in the Pacific but that are available for introduction from elsewhere, and their overall level of effectiveness in countries where they have been released
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Weed
Local Names
Natural Enemy
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Metadata
Option Id
912
Weed Family Name
Melastomataceae
Weed Scientific Name
*
Clidemia hirta
English Common Name
Koster's curse, soap bush
Weed Biocontrol Status
Has natural enemies in Pacific causing significant impacts
Weed Notes
Info Sheet
American Samoa
la'au lau mamoe
Cook Islands
Fiji
aurioi in siga, bona na bulamakau, kaurasinga, kauresinga, mara na bulumakau, mbona na mbulamakau, ndraunisinga, roinisinga, vuti
French Polynesia
FSM
riahpen rot
Guam
Hawaii
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Nauru
New Caledonia
Niue
Northern Marianas
Palau
kúi
Pitcairn Islands
PNG
Samoa
la'au lau mamoe
Solomon Islands
Tokelau
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Wallis and Futuna
Scientific|Common Name
Ategumia matutinalis
clidemia leaf-rolling moth
Natural Enemy Biocontrol Status
Outside Pacific and not effective
Agent Notes
Non-target attack
Impact outside Pacific on same species
slight
slight
Priority
Country
Palau
Palau
Introduction
Intentional
Establishment
Failed to Establish
Impact
Created by
wayne
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Created on
26/12/2021
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