Cotesia urabae
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- Fighting the gum leaf skeletoniser from the inside out
Toni Withers, Belinda Gresham, Lisa Berndt and Michelle Harnett, New Zealand Tree Grower February 2015. A tiny wasp, Cotesia urabae, is becoming established in a number of places in New…
- Gum leaf skeletoniser biological control agent takes shine to Napier
From Forest Health News 267, June 2016. With the eucalypt pest gum leaf skeletoniser (GLS), Uraba lugens, continuing to spread slowly southwards (FH News 251) it’s timely to provide an…
- Cotesia urabae geographic range expanding
From Forest Health News 245, February 2014. Gum leaf skeletoniser (Uraba lugens) is an Australian moth with hairy caterpillars that defoliate eucalypts. It has been in Auckland since at least…
- Cotesia urabae released in Nelson
From Forest Health News 240, September 2013. The gum leaf skeletoniser Uraba lugens (GLS) has been in the South Island in Nelson since 2011. Although widespread the population density remains low.…
- Gum Leaf Skeletoniser biological control update
From Forest Health news 235, April 2013. Cotesia urabae ovipositing in gum leaf skeletoniser larvae (Photo courtesy Geoff Allen) The Whangarei and Tauranga parasitoid releases were made by attaching foliage with…
- Cotesia urabae still on the move
From Forest Health News 237, June 2013. Cotesia cocoons and dead uraba larvae In April this year (FH News 235) it was reported that Cotesia urabae, the parasitoid of Uraba…
- Biological control of Uraba lugens
From Forest Health News No. 232, January 2013. Cotesia attacking Uraba larvae Cotesia urabae on Uraba lugens Toni Withers imported 240 pupae of Cotesia urabae, a parasitoid of the gum…
- Biological control agent released for the Gum Leaf Skeletoniser in Bay of Plenty
From Forest Health News 222, February 2012. Bay of Plenty Regional Council biosecurity staff recently assisted in the release of a parasitic wasp (Cotesia urabae (Braconidae)) to control the gum…
- Gumleaf skeletoniser: Potential for biological control
From Biosecurity 69, August 2006. The recent discovery of gumleaf skeletoniser (Uraba lugens) in Katikati, Bay of Plenty, marks a southward movement of the tree pest out of the Auckland…
- Biological control of gumleaf skeletoniser
From MAF BNZ Report to Forest Biosecurity Consultative Committee, July 31 2008. Gumleaf skeletoniser is an Australian moth that continues to create problems in the greater Auckland region on eucalypts…
- Gumleaf skeletoniser biological control
From Forest Health News 214, March/April 2011. A biological control agent for Uraba lugens (gumleaf skeletoniser), Cotesia urabae was released by Scion in the Auckland Domain in January 2011 (see…
- Wasp released to control gumleaf skeletoniser
Lisa Berndt, New Zealand Tree Grower May 2011. A tiny wasp could be a giant ally for eucalypt growers as the prickly pest gumleaf skeletoniser Uraba lugens makes its way…
- Wasp released to control gum leaf skeletoniser
From Biosecurity 102, April 2011. Gum leaf skeletoniser caterpillars in Auckland are coming under attack from parasitic wasps released by Crown Research Institute, Scion. The newly introduced wasp, Cotesia urabae,…
- Tasmania trip for Uraba lugens biological control researcher
From Forest Health News 190, December 2009. Dr Lisa Berndt was awarded Scion sabbatical funds for a trip to Tasmania to develop collaborations with Dr Geoff Allen at the University…
- Gumleaf skeletoniser biological control approved
From Forest Health News 210, October/November 2010. Parasitic wasp Cotesia urabae and gum leaf skeletoniser caterpillar Uraba lugens, photo courtesy of Dr Geoff Allen (University of Tasmania/TIAR). Scion’s application to release a new…
- Gumleaf skeletoniser parasitoid released
From Forest Health News 212, January 2011. In the previous Forest Health News it was mentioned that a braconid parasitoid would be released soon as a control agent for the…
- Uraba lugens Biocontrol Progressing Nicely
From Forest Health News 169, January 2007. Uraba lugens (gum leaf skeletoniser) (Nolidae) is an Australian moth that was first found in New Zealand in 1992 at Mount Maunganui. After…
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