Two of the Most Promising Potential Agents from Kazakhstan for the Biocontrol of Russian Olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) in the USA with an Annotated List of Its Pest Insects from Central Asia
Jashenko R. DeLoach C.J. Ilina V.
April 2025Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Forests
2025#16Issue 4
Two of the most studied species, monophage Trioza magnisetoza Loginova, 1964 (Hemiptera, Triozidae) and narrow oligophage Altica ballasogloi (Jakobson, 1892) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae), are offered for biological control of Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) in the USA. The data obtained over 15 years and presented in this publication on biological and ecological features, host plants, damage to the host plants, and suggested approaches for establishing new populations of both species are sufficient for their use in biological control in North America. Currently, 72 species of insects from 58 genera, 33 families, and six orders are known in Central Asia as pests of Russian olive. The most numerous are insects from the order Coleoptera (36 species, 29 genera, 10 families), Homoptera (14 species, eight genera, six families), and Lepidoptera (13 species from 12 genera, 10 families). Twenty-four species from this list, including eight species of monophages and 16 species of oligophages, are the most suitable for biological control of Russian olive. In addition, six other species of insect pests with unexplored food specialization but associated with Russian olive might also be used.
Altica balassogloi , biological control , Central Asia , Russian olive , Trioza magnisetoza
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Institute of Zoology of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty, 050060, Kazakhstan
USDA-ARS, Temple, 76502, TX, United States
Tethys Scientific Society, Almaty, 050060, Kazakhstan
Institute of Zoology of the Republic of Kazakhstan
USDA-ARS
Tethys Scientific Society
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