[MAIPC] New Wood Boring Beetle Attacks Tree-of-heaven

Sun Jan 5 10:05:46 PST 2020

Indeed. I know of no-one pursung this. If someone is, it would probably be someone in Northeast/MidAtlantic with a strong personal interest in controlling Ailanthus. I wonder if any funding would be available. Perhaps as a support to the spotted lanternfly program  - since SLF depends (apparently) on Ailanthus? 
I can as Rick Hoebeke if he knows of anyone ...
Faith
In a message dated 1/5/2020 1:01:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, ialm at erols.com writes:

Who will do the research?

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Marc,

I think it means that the entomologists who identified the beetle think it focuses on - if not completely limited to - Ailanthus. Obviously, we need biocontrol for Ailanthus! Whether anyone is pursuing this as a possibility, I don't know.  Since it is already in the country, first step would be to find out how widespread it is and what impact it is having. Since it is already in country, I think APHIS would not have authority to regulate it.

Faith

In a message dated 1/4/2020 6:19:07 PM Eastern Standard Time, ialm at erols.com writes:

H Faith,

What does “a Specialist on Tree of Heaven” mean? Is it thus a potential biocontrol to spread if we do a biocontrol host specificity test?

Marc

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Marc,

the beetle got here accidentally so it has not been through a biocontrol host specificity test. Are the authors suggesting that it be deliberately spread?

Faith

In a message dated 1/4/2020 11:01:21 AM Eastern Standard Time, ialm at erols.com writes:

 Still, no proper host-specificity test has yet been conducted on the beetle.

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Subject: Re: [MAIPC] New Wood Boring Beetle Attacks Tree-of-heaven

Marc & others,

notice that the insect was first detected in 2011, described by Rick Hoebeke and others in 2016 or so.  I blogged about it in November 2017 - see link.

http://nivemnic.us/new-woodborer-detected-importance-of-surveillance-by-catch/ 

I really don't understand why Entomological Society is treating it as a headline-worthy matter now.

???

Faith Campbell

In a message dated 1/3/2020 9:40:07 PM Eastern Standard Time, ialm at erols.com writes:

Monday, October 30, 2017

https://bugwood.blogspot.com/

First North American Records of the Eastasian Metallic Wood-
Boring Beetle Agrilus smaragdifrons Ganglbauer (Coleoptera:
Buprestidae: Agrilinae), a Specialist on Tree of Heaven
(Ailanthus altissima, Simaroubaceae)

Abstract.—The East Asian buprestid Agrilus smaragdifrons Ganglbauer is reported for the first time in the Western Hemisphere. Specimens of this species taken from emerald ash borer (A. planipennis Fairmaire) monitoring traps in New Jersey in 2015–2016 suggest establishment of this metallic wood-boring beetle in the northeastern United States. The earliest known record of A. smaragdifrons in the U.S. is based on a verifiable image found on BugGuide, from a specimen collected in Hudson County, New Jersey in June 2011. Diagnostic information and high-resolution images of the of this adventive buprestid from other North American Agrilus. A summary of information about the host plant (Ailanthus altissima), native distribution, and biology are given, and all known North American records are listed and mapped.

Authors: E. RICHARD HOEBEKE, EDUARD JENDEK, JAMES E. ZABLOTNY, RYAN RIEDER, ROSA YOO, VASILY V. GREBENNIKOV, AND LILY REN

Taken from www.BioOne.org 
Published by: Entomological Society of Washington

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