Bactrocera zonata has been reported as invasive species in the African continent, including Egypt, coming from the Asia neighbors. Due to the fact that is a invasive pest species, no native parasitoid was expected to be present. Indeed, the introduction of exotic parasites was a logic approach in...

Chestnut gall wasp, Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu, is a global pest of chestnut. This invasive pest was first recorded in Slovenia in 2005 and, despite strict phytosanitary measures and an eradication program, in 2014 it has expanded nearly throughout the Slovenian area with native chestnut...

Leucaena leucocephala (Fabaceae) has become naturalized, and often invasive, in several tropical, subtropical and warm temperate countries worldwide, following deliberate introductions for agroforestry. In South Africa, despite high levels of seed production, the plant is still considered to be an...

In a phenomenon sometimes called an ecological trap, native insects may select an invasive plant as a suitable oviposition site even though their larvae may perish on these non-hosts. Two North American native butterflies (Pieris oleracea and Pieris virginiensis. Lepidoptera: Pieridae) readily...

Research on recruitment of native parasitoids on the recently introduced invasive species Dryocosmus kuriphilus has been carried out on four sites in 2011 and 2012 in Croatia. In total 15 species of native parasitoids were reared which belong to 5 of 6 chalcid families attacking native oak cynipid ...

The light brown apple moth (LBAM, Epiphyas postvittana) invaded California from S.E. Australia in 2007 and has become established in two coastal regions around San Francisco and Santa Cruz. As LBAM is not considered a key pest in Australian crops, due to the activity of its natural enemies, one of...