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Draft IRA Report: table <strong>grapes</strong> <strong>from</strong> <strong>Chile</strong><br />

Pest Common<br />

name<br />

Neoterius mystax (Blanchard)<br />

[Coleoptera: Bostrichidae]<br />

Otiorhynchus sulcatus (Fabricius)<br />

[Coleoptera: Curculionidae]<br />

Pantomorus ruizi (Brèthes)<br />

[Coleoptera: Curculionidae]<br />

Platyapistes glaucus Farhaeus<br />

[Coleoptera: Curculionidae]<br />

Platyapistes venustus (Erichson)<br />

[Coleoptera: Curculionidae]<br />

Diptera (flies)<br />

Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann)<br />

[Diptera: Tephritidae]<br />

Associated with<br />

table grape<br />

cluster (yes/no)<br />

Comment Reference Consider<br />

pest<br />

further?<br />

(yes/no)<br />

Fence borer No An opportunistic borer pest <strong>of</strong> vines. Found in<br />

Vine weevil;<br />

black vine weevil<br />

Alfalfa root<br />

weevil<br />

trunks <strong>and</strong> branches.<br />

Yes Larvae feed on small roots in the soil. Adults feed<br />

on foliage, as well as any portion <strong>of</strong> the<br />

inflorescence. O. sulcatus can cause damage to<br />

<strong>grapes</strong> by feeding on the pedicels <strong>and</strong> cluster<br />

stems.<br />

No Adult feeds on foliage, larvae are <strong>of</strong> a<br />

subterranean habit.<br />

Gonzalez, 1983 No<br />

CABI, 2002;<br />

Phillips, 1981<br />

Yes (WA only)<br />

SAG, 2002 No<br />

Weevil No Associated with leaves <strong>and</strong> buds. Gonzalez, 1983 No<br />

Green weevil No Associated with leaves <strong>and</strong> buds. Gonzalez, 1983 No<br />

Mediterranean<br />

fruit fly<br />

Hemiptera (aphids, leafhoppers, mealybugs, scales, true bugs)<br />

Yes <strong>Chile</strong> is considered a pest free area for this pest<br />

but it could be associated with the pathway if it<br />

became established.<br />

Highly polyphagous. Causes damage to a wide<br />

range <strong>of</strong> unrelated fruit, primarily through<br />

oviposition into the fruit where larvae feed<br />

internally.<br />

Hancock et al.,<br />

2000<br />

Yes<br />

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