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This book highlights studies on potential invasive pests, focusing on pests from South America, Central America and the islands of the Caribbean basin. These include the Coleopterans, followed by the Lepidopterans. The importance of several dipterans is also treated. Tephritid fruit flies are addressed, as well as a novel method for improved detection of Anastrepha larval infestation in citrus fruit. This section also presents preliminary information on gall midge pests and the recent invasions of Acarina in South America. The Hemiptera section covers basic knowledge of the passionvine mealybug Planococcus minor, the citrus orthezia Praelongorthezia praelonga, and recent invaders such as whiteflies, together with a description of potential invasive armored scales into the USA and the Caribbean region, and techniques to determine their likelihood for establishment. The last section includes analysis of the effect of alien species on native species and communities through herbivory, predation or parasitism. This is followed by addressing the likelihood of establishment following introductions of diaspidid scales into the USA. Inductive and deductive approaches in the modelling of insect pests and the risk of establishment and expansion are also discussed.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Biology and Management of the Red Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus / Robin M. Giblin-Davis, Jose Romeno Faleiro, Josep A. Jacas, Jorge E. Peña, and P.S.P.V. Vidyasagar -- Avocado Weevils of the Genus Heilipus / Alvaro Castañeda-Vildózola, Armando Equihua-Martinez and Jorge E. Peña -- Exotic Bark and Ambrosia Beetles in the USA: Potential and Current Invaders / Robert A. Haack and Robert J. Rabaglia -- Diabrotica speciosa: an Important Soil Pest in South America / Crébio José Ávila and Alexa Gabriela Santana -- Potential Lepidopteran Pests Associated with Avocado Fruit in Parts of the Home Range of Persea americana / Mark S. Hoddle and J.R.P. Parra -- Biology, Ecology and Management of the South American Tomato Pinworm, Tuta absoluta / Alberto Urbaneja, Nicolas Desneux, Rosa Gabarra, Judit Arnó, Joel González-Cabrera, Agenor Mafra-Neto, Lyndsie Stoltman, Alexandre de Sene Pinto and José R.P. Parra -- Tecia solanivora Povolny (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), an Invasive Pest of Potatoes Solanum tuberosum L. in the Northern Andes / Daniel Carrillo and Edison Torrado-Leon -- The Tomato Fruit Borer, Neoleucinodes elegantalis (Guenée) (Lepidoptera:Crambidae), an Insect Pest of Neotropical Solanaceous Fruits / Ana Elizabeth Diaz Montilla, Maria Alma Solis and Takumasa Kondo -- Copitarsia spp.: Biology and Risk Posed by Potentially Invasive Lepidoptera from South and Central America / Juli Gould, Rebecca Simmons and Robert Venette -- Host Range of the Nettle Caterpillar Darna pallivitta (Moore)(Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) in Hawaii / Arnold H. Hara, Christopher M. Kishimoto and Ruth Y. Niino-DuPonte -- Fruit flies Anastrepha ludens (Loew), A. obliqua (Macquart)and A. grandis (Macquart) (Diptera: Tephritidae): Three Pestiferous Tropical Fruit Flies That Could Potentially Expand Their Range to Temperate Areas / Andrea Birke, Larissa Guillén, David Midgarden and Martin Aluja -- Bactrocera Species that Pose a Threat to Florida: B. carambolae and B. invadens / Aldo Malavasi, David Midgarden and Marc de Meyer -- Signature Chemicals for Detection of Citrus Infestation by Fruit Fly Larvae (Diptera: Tephritidae) / Paul E. Kendra, Amy L. Roda, Wayne S. Montgomery, Elena Q. Schnell, Jerome Niogret, Nancy D. Epsky and Robert R. Heath -- Gall Midges (Cecidomyiidae) attacking Horticultural Crops in the Caribbean Region and South America / Juliet Goldsmith, Jorge Castillo and Dionne Clarke-Harris -- Recent Mite Invasions in South America / Denise Navia, Alberto Luiz Marsaro Júnior, Manoel Guedes Correa Gondim Jr, Renata Santos de Mendonc̦a and Paulo Roberto Valle da Silva Pereira -- Planococcus minor (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae): Bioecology, Survey and Mitigation Strategies / Amy Roda, Antonio Francis, Moses T.K. Kairo and Mark Culik -- The Citrus Orthezia Praelongorthezia praelonga (Douglas) (Hemiptera: Ortheziidae), a Potential Invasive Species / Takumasa Kondo, Ana Lucia Peronti, Ferenc Kozár and Éva Szita -- Potential Invasive Species of Scale Insects for the USA and Caribbean Basin / Gregory A. Evans and John W. Dooley -- Recent Adventive Scale Insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) and Whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in Florida and the Caribbean Region / Ian Stocks -- Biology, Ecology and Control of the Ficus Whitefly, Singhiella simplex (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) / Jesusa Crisostomo Legaspi, Catharine Mannion, Divina Amalin and Benjamin C. Legaspi Jr -- Invasion of Exotic Arthropods in South America's Biodiversity Hotspots and Agro-Production Systems / K.A.G. Wyckhuys, T. Kondo, B.V. Herrera, D.R. Miller, N. Naranjo and G. Hyman -- Likelihood of Dispersal of the Armored Scale, Aonidiella orientalis (Hemiptera: Diaspididae), to Avocado Trees from Infested Fruit Discarded on the Ground, and Observations on Spread by Handlers / M.K. Hennessey, J.E. Peña, M. Zlotina and K. Santos -- Insect Life Cycle Modelling (ILCYM) Software: A New Tool for Regional and Global Insect Pest Risk Assessments under Current and Future Climate Change Scenarios / Marc Sporleder, Henri E.Z. Tonnang, Pablo Carhuapoma, Juan C. Gonzales, Henry Juarez and Jürgen Kroschel -- Index.

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