[From the April-May 2016 issue of the UC IPM Green Bulletin]

The Erythrina stem borer (ESB) (sometimes also known as the Erythrina twig borer), Terastia meticulosalis, a potentially devastating moth pest of Erythrina spp. (coral trees), has been sighted numerous times in southern California in the latter half of 2015, from San Diego to Ventura.

Erythrina, a member of the Fabaceae (bean family) encompasses about 112 species and includes some of our most useful, valuable, well adapted, and spectacular flowering trees,...