Saltcedar Biological Control:
Methodology, Exploration, Laboratory Trials,
Proposals for Field Releases, and Expected Environmental Effects
C. Jack DeLoach

Table 6. Insects and mites of Tamaricaceae (Tamarix and occasionally Myricaria and Reaumuria) (mostly from Kovalev 1995)

Taxa a Number
Acarina (three genera) 10
Homoptera
Cicadellidae
Opsius 6
Tamaricades, Megalopsius 6
Tamaricella 17
Cixiidae ( Duilius = Hemitropis, Bitropis) 19
Psyllidae
Colposcenia 20
Crastina 3
Diaphorina tamaricina 1
Aphidoidea (three genera, including several Brachyunguis spp.) 8
Pseudococcidae
Trabutina 5
Four families (including Circodiaspis, etc.) 11
Hemiptera
Miridae
Tuponia 25
Six genera (including Camptotylus, etc.) 11
Lygaeidae ( Artheneis, Artheneida) 3
Thysanoptera 2
Coleoptera
Apionidae
Corimalia 27
Allomalia, Titanomalia, Hypophyes 9
Onychapion 5
Curculionidae
Coniatus 14
Geranorhinus 15
Liocleonus clathratus 1
Attelabidae 2
Chrysomelidae
Diorhabda elongata 1
Cryptocephalus 4
Stylosomus 3
Four genera 4
Cerambycidae (Hesperophanes heydeni) 1
Buprestidae
Psiloptera 10
Four genera 4
Lepidoptera
Gelechiidae
Ornativalva 14
Parapodia, Amblypalpis 3
Pterophoridae (Agdistis) 2
Pyralidae (Lepidogma) 2
Noctuidae ( Clytie) 4
Six families (including Geometridae) 16
Diptera
Cecidomyiidae
Psectrosema ( = Amblardiella, 24
Dasyneura, Dasyneuriola 6
Total 318

a = Entire insect genus is completely or in major part restricted to development on the genus Tamarix


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