Unknown Negligible: Only a single record of Echnolagria sp. 1 association with spp., therefore Vitis Unlisted (s14) unlikely to be an issue with grapevines. Ecrizothis inaequalis Blackburn, 1899 Medium/medium: Recorded Low: Adults feed on foliage and 2 feeding on apple, cherry and buds . A scarcity of reports of gooseberry weevil gooseberry. Flightless adults, so damage to grapevines, suggest this Prohibited s12 (C1) – distant movement by assisted to be a low pest issue. transport only, on infested plant material or in soil. Ecrizothis boviei Lea, 1911 Medium/Medium: Recorded High: Adults feed on foliage and 4 feeding on apple and grapevines, buds. Recorded to have become a native weevil found in the Yarra Valley. pest of grapevines in the Yarra Unlisted (s14) Flightless adults so distant Valley causing significant damage in movement by assisted transport two cases. Found to affect only, on infested plant material or chardonnay, pinot noir and pinot in soil. meunier and can cause significant yield losses due to bud damage. Difficult to manage. Ephippitytha maculate Evans, 1847 Unknown: Unknown: The absence of 1 Two related species – available literature on E. maculate E. trigintiduoguttata and E. bush katydid indicates a non-pestiferous nature. sparsa are present in WA. Unlisted (s14)
Echnolagria sp. Unlisted (s14) Unknown Negligible: Only a single record of association with Vitis spp., therefore unlikely to be an issue with grapevines. 1 Ecrizothis inaequalis Blackburn, 1899 gooseberry weevil Prohibited – s12 (C1) Medium/medium: Recorded feeding on apple, cherry and gooseberry. Flightless adults, so distant movement by assisted transport only, on infested plant material or in soil. Low: Adults feed on foliage and buds . A scarcity of reports of damage to grapevines, suggest this to be a low pest issue. 2 Ecrizothis boviei Lea, 1911 native weevil Unlisted (s14) Medium/Medium: Recorded feeding on apple and grapevines, found in the Yarra Valley. Flightless adults so distant movement by assisted transport only, on infested plant material or in soil. High: Adults feed on foliage and buds. Recorded to have become a pest of grapevines in the Yarra Valley causing significant damage in two cases. Found to affect chardonnay, pinot noir and pinot meunier and can cause significant yield losses due to bud damage. Difficult to manage. 4 Ephippitytha maculate Evans, 1847 bush katydid Unlisted (s14) Unknown: Two related species – E. trigintiduoguttata and E. sparsa are present in WA. Unknown: The absence of available literature on E. maculate indicates a non-pestiferous nature. 1
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