EPPO Global Database

Quadrastichus erythrinae(QUSTER)

Distribution details in United States of America

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2011: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2005
From CABI Pest map 722 (2009): Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2013/129) : first found on Oahu Island (Hawaii) in April 2005. Detected in Florida (Miami-Dade county) in October 2006.
References
* INTERNET
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Division of Plant Industry. Pest Alert. Erythrina gall wasp, Quadrastichus erythrinae Kim, in Florida by Wiley J & Skelley P (October 2006). http://www.freshfromflorida.com/pi/pest-alerts/quadrastichus-erythrinae.html

* Rubinoff D, Holland BS, Shibata A, Messing RH, Wright MG (2010) Rapid invasion despite lack of genetic variation in the erythrina gall wasp (Quadrastichus erythrinae Kim). Pacific Science 64(1), 23-32.