EPPO Global Database

Rhabdoscelus obscurus(SPPHOB)

Distribution details in Australia (Queensland)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 1971: Present, restricted distribution
From CABI Pest map 280 (2001): Present, restricted distribution
References
* Giblin-Davis, R. M.; Gries, R.; Crespi, B.; Robertson, L. N.; Hara, A. H.; Gries, G.; O'Brien, C. W.; Pierce, H. D. Jr. (2000) Journal of Chemical Ecology 26 (12), 2763-2780.
------- Isolate from Silkwood.

* Halfpapp, K. H.; Storey, R. I. (1991) Principes 35 (4), 199-207.
------- In ornamental palm nurseries.

* Kuniata, L. S. (1994) Biology, pest status and control measure relationships of sugar cane insect pests. 2nd Sugar Cane Entomology Workshop, 83-96. South African Sugar Association Experiment Station, Mount Edgecombe, South Africa.

* NHM (1937).

* Robertson, L. N.; Webster, D. E.; Egan, B. T. (1995) Proceedings of the 1995 Conference of the Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 2-5 May 1995, 83-87. Watson Ferguson & Company, Queensland, Australia.
------- Severe sugarcane damage in the high rainfall belt between Cairns and Tully.

* Stringer, J. K.; Magarey, R. C.; Samson, P. R.; Webster, D. E. (1999) Recording pest and disease data in the Australian sugar industry. Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations, Brisbane, Australia.