Importation and Preliminary Evaluation of the Stem Boring Moth Buakea kaeuae1 as a Potential Biological Control Agent of Invasive Guineagrass, Megathyrsus maximus2

Ann T. Vacek; John A. Goolsby; Paul-Andre Calatayud; Bruno Le Ru; Boaz Musyoka; Rupesh R. Kariyat

doi:10.3958/059.046.0125

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Ann T. Vacek,¹ John A. Goolsby,^2,* Paul-Andre Calatayud,³ Bruno Le Ru,³ Boaz Musyoka,³ Rupesh R. Kariyat¹

¹Department of Biology, and School of Earth, Environment and Marine Sciences, The University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley, 1201 W. University Avenue, Edinburg, TX 78539
²U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), Cattle Fever Tick Research Laboratory, 22675 N. Moorefield Rd., Bld. 6419, Edinburg, TX 78541
³International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), P.O. Box 30772-00100, Nairobi, Kenya

^*Corresponding author: john.goolsby@usda.gov

Abstract

Guineagrass, Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B.K.Simon & S.W.L.Jacobs, is an African grass that is invasive in Florida, Hawaii, southern Texas, and northeastern Mexico. Buakea kaeuae Moyal et al., a stem-boring African moth found only on M. maximus, was imported from Kenya and evaluated for its ability to feed and develop on Guineagrass naturalized in southern Texas. Neither larvae nor adults developed or reproduced on Texas Guineagrass.

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Ann T. Vacek, John A. Goolsby, Paul-Andre Calatayud, Bruno Le Ru, Boaz Musyoka, and Rupesh R. Kariyat "Importation and Preliminary Evaluation of the Stem Boring Moth Buakea kaeuae as a Potential Biological Control Agent of Invasive Guineagrass, Megathyrsus maximus," Southwestern Entomologist 46(1), 257-260, (25 March 2021). https://doi.org/10.3958/059.046.0125

Published: 25 March 2021

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