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

Weed Family Name

Melastomataceae

Weed Scientific Name*

Clidemia hirta

English Common Name

Koster's curse, soap bush

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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

Type of Introduction

Intentional release in this country

Class|Order|Family

Insecta

Thysanoptera

Phlaeothripidae

Scientific|Common Name

Liothrips urichi

clidemia thrips

Country of Release

Palau

Established

Yes

Abundance

Variable

General Impact

Variable

Geographical Scale of Impact

Variable

General Impact Notes

Effective in sunny and semi-shaded areas.

Other Species Attacked

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wayne

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26/01/2022 11:52

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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