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Hongdi Shi1, Danfeng Liu1, Xiao Xu1
1State Key Laboratory for Vegetation Structure, Functions and Construction (VegLab), Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Transboundary Ecosecurity of Southwest China, and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Plant Reproductive Adaptation and Evolutionary Ecology, Institute of Biodiversity, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.
Abstract:
This study describes a new sawfly species from China, Siobla longitheca, which is specialized on the invasive Phytolacca americana and completes its entire life cycle using this host. Its intensive feeding damage effectively inhibits the growth and reproduction of P. americana, making it a promising candidate for the biological control of this invasive plant.
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