Taylor, D.B.J., & Dhileepan, K. 2018 The host specificity of Anomalococcus indicus Ayyar (Hemiptera: Lecanodiaspididae), a potential biological control agent for prickly acacia (Vachellia nilotica ssp. indica) in Australia. Biocontrol Science and Technology 28(11): 1014-1033
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Notes: A. indicus is a major pest of prickly acacia on the Indian subcontinent, where it causes shoot tip dieback and plant death. Despite field observations suggesting the species was specific to V. nilotica,, A. indicus completed development on 17 of the 84 non-target plant species tested during no-choice host specificity trials under quarantine conditions.
