EPPO Global Database

Persicaria perfoliata(POLPF)

Distribution details in United States of America

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2018: Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2021/257) : biological control with Rhinoncomimus latipes (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).
References
* EPPO (2007) Pest risk analysis for Polygonum perfoliatum L. Available at: https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/POLPF/documents

* Kim J, Huebner CD, Reardon R, Park YL (2021) Spatially targeted biological control of mile-a-minute weed using Rhinoncomimus latipes (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and an unmanned aircraft system Journal of Economic Entomology 114(5), 1889–1895.