Biocontrol For Pacific Weeds

All natural enemies that have been introduced into the Pacific region along with their current status, i.e. whether the natural enemy established and the level of control they are achieving in that country

Release Id

155

Weed Family Name

Verbenaceae

Weed Scientific Name*

Lantana camara

English Common Name

lantana

Info Sheet

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American Samoa

lõtana

Cook Islands

rānatāna, tātarāmoa, tātarāmoa papa‘ā, tūtae ‘oro‘enua

Fiji

kauboica, kaumboitha, lanitana, mbona ra mbulumakau, mbonambulumakau, tokalau, waiwai

French Polynesia

tara koa, tatara moa

FSM

ros fonacni, landana, randana, rantana, tuhke suwed, tukasuweth

Guam

Hawaii

la‘au kalakala, lakana, lanakana, mikinolia hihiu, mikinolia hohono, mikinolia kukū

Kiribati

te kaibuaka

Marshall Islands

lantõna

Nauru

New Caledonia

Niue

migiroa

Northern Marianas

Palau

Pitcairn Islands

PNG

Samoa

lõtana

Solomon Islands

Tokelau

Tonga

talatala, talamoa

Tuvalu

kai puaka, kaipuaka

Vanuatu

Wallis and Futuna

Type of Introduction

Intentional release in this country

Class|Order|Family

Insecta

Hemiptera

Tingidae

Scientific|Common Name

Leptobyrsa decora

lantana sap-sucking lace bug

Country of Release

Guam

Established

Abundance

Not established

General Impact

Not established

Geographical Scale of Impact

Not established

General Impact Notes

Other Species Attacked

Created by

wayne

Edited by

Created on

26/01/2022 11:52

Edited on

NENS Releases

All natural enemies that have been introduced into the Pacific region along with their current status, i.e. whether the natural enemy established and the level of control they are achieving in that country