Release and Progress of an Introduced Flea Beetle, Agasicles n. Sp., to Control Alligatorweed1
- 1 October 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 60 (5) , 1476-1477
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/60.5.1476
Abstract
Alligatorweed, Alternanthera phylloxeroides (Mart.) Griseb., a plant introduced from South America, has become a serious pest of waterways in the southern United States. In 1964, a chrysomelid beetle, Agasicles n. sp., was introduced from Argentina as a biological control agent. The insect is well established and beginning to control the plant in some localized areas.Keywords
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