New Pest Response Guidelines - aphis - US Department of Agriculture

Introduction
Users
Contacts
Dendrolimus pini (L.), pine-tree lappet (PTL)
Dendrolimus punctatus (Walker), the Masson pine caterpillar (MPC)
Dendrolimus sibiricus Tschetverikov, the Siberian silk moth (SSM)
Dendrolimus superans (Butler), the Sakhalin silk moth (SaSM)
The United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine (USDA–APHIS–PPQ)
developed the guidelines through discussion, meeting, or agreement with staff
members at the USDA-Agricultural Research Service and advisors at
universities.
Any new detection may require the establishment of an Incident Command
System to facilitate emergency management. This document is meant to
provide the necessary information to launch a response to a detection of
Dendrolimus moths.
If a species of Dendrolimus is detected, PPQ personnel will produce a sitespecific
action plan based on the guidelines. As the program develops and new
information becomes available, the guidelines will be updated.
The guidelines is intended as a reference for the following users who have
been assigned responsibilities for a plant health emergency for any of the
selected Scots pine blister rust:
PPQ personnel
Emergency response coordinators
State agriculture department personnel
Others concerned with developing local survey or control programs
When an emergency pest response program for Cronartium flaccidum and
Peridermium pini has been implemented, the success of the program depends
on the cooperation, assistance, and understanding of other involved groups.
The appropriate liaisons and information officers should distribute news of the
program’s progress and developments to interested groups, including the
following:
Academic entities with agricultural interests
1-2 Dendrolimus Pine Moths 12/2012-01