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Weed info sheet
Type of Introduction
Weed Family Name
Weed Scientific Name
Weed English Common Name
Weed Local Names in the Pacific
Cook Islands
Fiji
French Polynesia
Federated States of Micronesia
Guam
Hawaii
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Nauru
New Caledonia
Niue
Northern Marianas
Palau
Pitcairn Islands
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tokelau
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Wallis and Futuna
Natural Enemy Class|Order|Family
Natural Enemy Order
Natural Enemy Family Name
Natural Enemy Scientific Name
Natural Enemy English Common Name
Country of Release
Established
Abundance
General Impact
Geographical Scale of Impact
Ok
Intentional release in this country
Cactaceae
Opuntia stricta
spiny pest pear, common prickly pear, erect prickly pear
Natural Enemy Class
Insecta
Natural Enemy Order
Lepidoptera
Natural Enemy Family Name
Pyralidae
Lepidoptera
Pyralidae
Cactoblastis cactorum
prickly pear moth, cactus moth
New Caledonia
Yes
High
Heavy
Localized
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Weed info sheet
Type of Introduction
Weed Family Name
Weed Scientific Name
Weed English Common Name
Weed Local Names in the Pacific
Cook Islands
Fiji
French Polynesia
Federated States of Micronesia
Guam
Hawaii
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Nauru
New Caledonia
Niue
Northern Marianas
Palau
Pitcairn Islands
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tokelau
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Wallis and Futuna
Natural Enemy Class|Order|Family
Natural Enemy Order
Natural Enemy Family Name
Natural Enemy Scientific Name
Natural Enemy English Common Name
Country of Release
Established
Abundance
General Impact
Geographical Scale of Impact