The Biology of (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae), a Stem-Boring Moth of (Myrtaceae): Descriptions of the Previously Unknown Adult Female and Immature Stages, and Its Potential as a Biological Control Candidate.

is a perennial shrub native to Southeast Asia and is invasive in South Florida and Hawai'i, USA. During surveys of in Hong Kong from 2013-2018 for potential biological control agents, we collected larvae of the stem borer, . Larvae were shipped in stems to a USDA-ARS quarantine facility where they were reared and subjected to biology studies and preliminary host range examinations.

Matching the origin of an invasive weed for selection of a herbivore haplotype for a biological control programme.

The Florida Everglades have been invaded by an exotic weed fern, Lygodium microphyllum. Across its native distribution in the Old World tropics from Africa to Australasia it was found to have multiple location-specific haplotypes. Within this distribution, the climbing fern is attacked by a phytophagous mite, Floracarus perrepae, also with multiple haplotypes.