Publication Type
Journal Article
Journal Name
Southwestern Entomologist
Publication Date
3-1-2021
Abstract
Guineagrass, Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B.K.Simon & S.W.L.Jacobs, is an African grass that is invasive in Florida, Hawaii, southern Texas, and northeastern Mexico. Buakea kaeuae Moyal et al., a stem-boring African moth found only on M. maximus, was imported from Kenya and evaluated for its ability to feed and develop on Guineagrass naturalized in southern Texas. Neither larvae nor adults developed or reproduced on Texas Guineagrass.
Recommended Citation
Vacek, A., Goolsby, J., Calatayud, P., Le Ru, B., Musyoka, B., & Kariyat, R. (2021). Importation and Preliminary Evaluation of the Stem Boring Moth Buakea kaeuae1 as a Potential Biological Control Agent of Invasive Guineagrass, Megathyrsus maximus2. Southwestern Entomologist, 46 (1), 257-259. https://doi.org/10.3958/059.046.0125