Aphalara itadori
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| Aphalara itadori | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Superfamily: | Psylloidea |
| Family: | Psyllidae |
| Genus: | Aphalara |
| Species: | A. itadori |
| Binomial name | |
| Aphalara itadori (Shinji, 1938) [1] |
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Aphalara itadori, the Japanese knotweed psyllid, is a species of psyllid from Japan which feeds on Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica).
It has been licensed by the UK Government for the biological control of Japanese knotweed in England; this is the first time that biological control of a weed has been sanctioned in the European Union.[2]
The specific name comes from itadori (虎杖, イタドリ), the Japanese name for Japanese knotweed.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Richard H. Shaw, Sarah Bryner & Rob Tanner (2009). "The life history and host range of the Japanese knotweed psyllid, Aphalara itadori Shinji: Potentially the first classical biological weed control agent for the European Union". Biological Control 49 (2): 105–113. doi:10.1016/j.biocontrol.2009.01.016.
- ^ Rebecca Morelle (March 9, 2010). "Insect that fights Japanese knotweed to be released". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8555378.stm.
- ^ "itadori". Denshi Jisho — Online Japanese dictionary. http://jisho.org/words?jap=itadori&eng=&dict=edict&romaji=on. Retrieved 9 March 2010.
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