Invasive beetle hitches a lift in B.C. liquor store decorations imported from China
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal (USDA) and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) are dedicating the month of April to sharing information about the threat that invasive plant pests, diseases and harmful weeds pose to America's fruits, vegetables, trees, and other plants—and how the public can help to prevent their spread."
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The Brown Fir Longhorned Beetle Callidiellum villosulum Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) was again found in shipment from China. This time unpacked wood and pine cone decorations were infested. Previous interceptions in US were found in real wood trunks of artificial Christmas trees imported from China. Plant health risk is supposed to be not so high as for related species of the Anoplophora glabripennis - Asian longhorned beetle, which can kill healthy trees. However, Callidiellum villosulum could pose threat to cedar and sequoia.
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