Biocontrol For Pacific Weeds

	Weed Family Name	Weed	English Common Name	Weed Local Names in the Pacific	Cook Islands	Niue	Tonga	Weed Biocontrol Status	Natural Enemy	Common Name	Natural Enemy Biocontrol Status	Impact outside Pacific on same species
	Asteraceae	Scientific Name Tithonia diversifolia English Common Name Mexican sunflower, tree marigold	Mexican sunflower, tree marigold	Cook Islands tiare rengarenga, pua renga, kavakava Niue matalaa Tonga siola‘ā	tiare rengarenga, pua renga, kavakava	matalaa	siola‘ā	Has natural enemies elsewhere with unknown impacts	Scientific Name New natural enemy(ies) under investigation Common Name new natural enemy(ies) under investigation	new natural enemy(ies) under investigation	New target weed under investigation	not applicable
	Asteraceae	Scientific Name Tithonia diversifolia English Common Name Mexican sunflower, tree marigold	Mexican sunflower, tree marigold	Cook Islands tiare rengarenga, pua renga, kavakava Niue matalaa Tonga siola‘ā	tiare rengarenga, pua renga, kavakava	matalaa	siola‘ā	Has natural enemies elsewhere with unknown impacts	Scientific Name Physonota maculiventris Common Name Mexican sunflower tortoise beetle	Mexican sunflower tortoise beetle	Recently released outside Pacific but status unknown	establishment unknown
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