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Spotted lanternfly resources for Californians and others
Surendra K. Dara
Published on: April 28, 2021
Tags: slf, Spotted lanternfly, spotted lanternfly distribution, spotted lanternfly resources
Focus Area Tags: Natural Resources, Pest Management, Yard & Garden
The spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) is an invasive pest in the United States that was first detected in 2014 in Pennsylvania.  It is a pest of numerous cultivated and wild hosts.  It can cause serious damage to apples,...
An update on the invasive spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula: current distribution, pest detection efforts, and management strategies
Surendra K. Dara
Published on: February 12, 2018
Tags: spotted lanternfly, spotted lanternfly distribution, tree of heaven, tree-of-heaven
Spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) is an invasive planthopper that was first detected in Pennsylvania in September, 2014 (Dara et al., 2015) and believed to have arrived as eggs attached to stone in a shipment of stone from Asia.  This...
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Ficus leaf-rolling psyllid, Trioza brevigenae: a new pest of Ficus microcarpa in southern California
Surendra K. Dara
Published on: August 9, 2016
Tags: Ficus leaf-rolling psyllid, Ficus microcarpa, FLRP, invasive pest, landscape pest, Trioza brevigenae
Ficus microcarpa, a common ornamental landscape tree (top).  Leaf rolling by the ficus leaf-rolling psyllid, Trioza brevigenae (bottom).  (Photos by Donald R. Hodel, UCCE) A psyllid,...
Reporting downy mildew of ice plants in California
Surendra K. Dara
Published on: March 22, 2016
Tags: Downy mildew of ice plants
Healthy red apple ice plant, Aptenia cordifolia.  Photo by Heather Scheck, Santa Barbara Ag Commissioner's Office A downy mildew caused by the oomycetous fungus, Peronospora mesembryanthemi Verwoerd has recently been confirmed by...
Erythrina stem or twig borer: a new and potentially devastating pest of coral trees in California
Surendra K. Dara
  • Author: Donald R. Hodel
  • Author: James E. Henrich
  • Author: Kenneth J. Greby
  • Author: Gevork Arakelian
  • Author: Linda M. Ohara
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Published on: February 17, 2016
Tags: Erythrina stem and twig borer
Erythrina caffra is a spring-flowering landscape tree.  (Photo by Don Hodel) The Erythrina stem borer (ESB) (sometimes known as the Erythrina twig borer) (Terastia meticulosalis), a potentially devastating pest of Erythrina spp....
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