| Technical Advisory Group for Biological Control Agents of Weeds | ||||||
| TAG Petitions - APHIS Actions | ||||||
| (Last Updated - January 7, 2009) | ||||||
| TAG No. | Petitioner | Petition Type | Agent | Target | TAG Recommendation | APHIS Action |
| 09-02 | Jeff Littlefield | Field Release | Aulacidae subterminalis | Hawkweeds | Review in progress | |
| 09-01 | Julio Medal | Field Release | Anthonomus elutus | Wetland Nightshade | Review in progress | |
| 08-08 | Julio Medal | Field Release | Microplontus millefolii, Cassida stigmatica, Isophrictis striatella, Dichrorampha spp., Rhopalomyia tanaceticola | Solanum viarum Tropical Soda Apple | Review in progress | |
| 08-07 | Julio Medal | Field Release | Gratiana graminea Klug | Solanum viarum Tropical Soda Apple | Review in progress | |
| 08-06 | Philip Tipping | Release | Megamelus scutellaris | Eichhornia crassipes | Review in progress | |
| 08-05 | Luke Skinner | Release | Ceutorhynchus scrobiocollis | Alliaria petiolata | Review in progress | |
| 08-04 | John Goolsby | Release | Rhizaspidiotus donacis | Arundo donax | Review in progress. | |
| 08-03 | James L. Hanula | Testing Host Specificity Plant List | Chinese privet | Ligustrum sinense | Review In Progress | |
| 08-02 | John Goolsby | Release | Tetramesa romana | Arundo donax | Approve for release 8/6/08. | EA in preparation. |
| 08-01 | William Bruckart, III | Host Plant Test | Puccinia crupinae Ranojevic | Crupina vulgaris Cassini (Asteraceae) | Review in progress. | |
| 07-07 | Julio C. Medal |
Petition to release | Anthonomus tenebrosus | Solanum viarum | Comments reviewed 9/23/08, more info. needed from researcher | |
| 07-06 | Alec McClay | Test plant list | Microplontus millefolii, Cassida stigmatica, Isophrictis striatella, Dichrorampha spp., Rhopalomyia tanaceticola | Tanacetum vulgare | Comments reviewed 9/22/08 | |
| 07-05 | William L. Bruckart | Test plant list | Uromyces salsola | Salsola tragus | Comments reviewed 8/8/08 | None required, unless requested |
| 07-04 | Ted D. Center | Release | (stem-gall fly), Lophodiplosis trifida |
Melaleuca quinquenervia | Approve for release | EA completed, FONSI signed. |
| 07-03 | T. Collier, U. Schaffner, and J. Littlefield | Field release | (Gall Midge) Jaapiella ivannikova | Russian knapweed, Acroptilon repens | Approve for release 9/19/08 | Ea in preparation. |
| 07-02 | Grevstad | Test plant list | none specified | Fallopia spp. | Comments reviewed 8/15/08 | None required. |
| 07-01 | McAvoy | Test plant list | Eucryptorrhynchus brandti | Ailanthus altissima | Comments reviewed 12/14/07 | None required. |
| 06-08 | Medal | Release | Gratiana graminea | Solanum viarum | Do not release, 3/17/08 | None required. |
| 06-07 | Medal | Release | Metriona elatior | Solanum viarum | Do not release, 3/17/08 | None required. |
| 06-06 | Cuda | Release | Pseudophilothrips ichini | Schinus terebinthifolius | Approve for release 3/24/07 | None required. |
| 06-05 | Cuda | Release | Heteroperrayia hubrichi | Schinus terebinthifolius | Agent should not be approved for release 3/12/07 | None required. |
| 06-04 | Littlefield | Test plant list | none specified | Lepidium latifolium, L. draba, L. appelianum | Comments reviewed 3/12/07 | none required |
| 06-03 | Milbrath | Test plant list | none specified | Vincetoxicum nigrum and V. rossicum (swallow-worts) | Comments reviewed 3/12/07 | none required |
| 06-02 | Collier | Release | Aulacidea acroptilonica | Acroptilon repens | Approve for release 3/5/07 | EA completed, FONSI signed. |
| 06-01 | Lincoln Smith | Release | Ceratapion basicorne | Centaurea solstitialis | Approve for release 9/15/06 | EA in preparation |
| 05-04 | McAvoy | Test plant list | none specified | Ailanthus altissima | Comments reviewed 03/23/06 | none required |
| 05-03 | Berner | Test plant list | none specified | Silybum marianum | Comments reviewed 9/15/06 | none required |
| 05-02 | Pemberton and Goolsby | Release | Neomusotima conspurcatalis | Lygodium microphyllum | Approve for release, 03/21/06 | EA written, permits issued |
| 05-01 | Overholt | Test plant list | none specified | Dioscorea bulbifera | Comments reviewed, 10/18/05 | none required |
| 04-06 | Lincoln Smith | Release | Aceria salsolae | Salsola tragus | Approve for release, 08/08/05 | EA in preparation |
| 04-05 | Hough-Goldstein | Test plant list | none specified | Pueraria montana var. lobata | Comments reviewed, 05/17/05 | none required |
| 04-04 | A. A. Kirk | Test plant list | none specified | Arundo donax | Comments reviewed, 04/01/05 | none required |
| 04-03 | Goolsby and Pemberton | Release | Floracarus perrepae | Lygodium microphyllum | Approve for release, 11/10/04 | EA written, permits issued |
| 04-02 | Sforza | Test plant list | none specified | Taeniatherum | Comments reviewed, 03/28/05 | none required |
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| 04-01 | Rector | Test plant list | none specified | Dipsacus fullonum | Comments reviewed, 09/09/04 | none required |
| 03-06 | Center | Release | Fergusonina turneri and its obligate nematode, Fergusobia quinquenerviae | Melaleuca quinquenervia | Approve for release, 03/16/04 | EA written, permits issued |
| 03-05 | Cuda | Test plant list | Episimus utilis | Schinus terebinthifolius | Comments reviewed, 09/01/04 | none required |
| 03-04 | Cuda and Wessels | Test plant list | Tectococcus ovatus | Psidium cattleianum | Comments reviewed, 04/27/04 | none required |
| 03-03 | Hough-Goldstein, Reardon and Ding | Release | Rhinoncomimus latipes | Polygonum perfoliatum | Approve for release, 12/30/03 | EA written, permit issued |
| 03-02 | Littlefield | Release | Urophora kasachstanica and U. xanthippe | Acroptilon repens | Approve for release, 12/30/03 | BA submitted to FWS, FWS did not approve. No EA will be prepared. Not approved. |
| 03-01 | Buckingham | Release | Cataclysta camptozonale | Lygodium microphyllum | Approve for release, 12/03/03 | EA written, permit issued |
| 02-04 | Cuda | Release | Pseudophilothrips ichini | Schinus terebinthifolius | Agent should not be approved for release at this time, 10/14/03 | none required |
| 02-03 | Buckingham & Goolsby | Release | Fergusonina turneri and its obligate nematode, Fergusobia quinquenerviae | Melaleuca quinquenervia | Agent should not be approved for release at this time, 07/14/03 | none required |
| 02-02 | Bruckart | Test plant list | Colletotrichum gloeosporioides | Salsola tragus | Comments reviewed, 07/11/03 | none required |
| 02-01 | Pitcairn and Akers | Test plant list | Salsola tragus | Comments reviewed, 4/17/03 | none required | |
| 01-05 | Medal | Release | Gratiana boliviana | Solanum viarum | Approve for release, 4/22/2002 | EA written, permits issued |
| 01-04 | Flores and Wendel | Release | Cyrtobagous salviniae | Salvinia molesta | Agent recommended for release in previous petition | EA written, permits issued |
| 01-03 | Tipping | Release | Cyrtobagous salviniae | Salvinia molesta | Approve for release 9/24/01 | EA written, permits issued |
| 01-02 | Wilson | Test plant list | Hieracium spp. (Hawkweeds) | Comments reviewed, 10/04/01 | none required | |
| 01-01 | McClay | Release | Cecidophyes rouhollahi | Galium spurium | Recommend for release 12/12/01 | no US permit is pending |
| 00-09 | Flores | Release | Cyrtobagous salviniae | Salvinia molesta | Agent should not be approved for release at this time, 11/30/00 | none required |
| 00-08 | DeLoach | Release | Diorhabda elongata deserticola | Tamarix ramosissima | Approve for release 01/09/01 | Permit issued |
| 00-07 | Bruckart | Release | Puccinia jaceae | Centaurea solstitialis | Approve for release 05/11/2001 | EA being written |
| 00-06 | DeLoach and Lewis | Release | Coniatus tamarisci | Tamarix ramosissima | Approve for release 05/11/2001 | |
| 00-05 | Medal, Gondolfo and Cuda | Release | Gratiana boliviana | Solanum viarum | Agent should not be approved for release at this time, 10/04/00 | none required |
| 00-04 | Buckingham and Wineriter | Release | Boreioglycaspis melaleucae | Melaleuca quinquenervia | Approve for release, 07/24/00 | EA written, permits issued |
| 00-03 | Littlefield | Release | Aceria centaureae | diffuse and spotted knapweeds | Agent should not be approved for release at this time, 10/03/00 | none required |
| 00-02 | Littlefield | Release | Bradyrrhoa gilveolella | rush skeletonweed | Approve for release, 08/15/2000 | EA written, permits issued, 9/2002 |
| 00-01 | Grevstad | Release | Prokelisia marginata | Spartina alterniflora | Approve for release, 6/17/2000 | permit issued |
| 99-04 | Medal | Release | Metriona elatior Klug | Solanum viarum | agent Should not be released at this time, 05/15/2000 | none required |
| 99-03 | Price | Test plant list | Host test list | Polygonum perfoliatum | Comments on test list, 3/22/2000 | none required |
| 99-02 | Mann | Release | Thamnurgus euphorbiae | Euphorbia esula | Approve for release, 01/16/2000 | EA under development |
| 99-01 | Yang | Release | Myrothecium verrucaria | morningglories, others | Should not be approved for release at this time 6/24/99 | none required |
| 98-04 | Buckingham | Release | Lophyrotoma zonalis | Melaleuca quinquenervia | Approve for release, 4/8/99 | no permits issued; toxicity issue, may be released in the future |
| 98-03 | Kropp | Test plant list | Puccinia thlaspeos | Isatis tinctoria | Comments on test list, 11/12/99 | none required |
| 98-02 | Medal | Release | Metriona elatior | Solanum viarum | Should not be released at this time, 4/5/98 | none required |
| 98-01 | Medal | Test plant list | host test list review | Solanum viarum | Comments on test list, 1/7/99 | none required |
| 97-04 | McClay | Release | Rhopalomyia n.sp. | Matricaria perforata | Approve for release, 10/16/98 | |
| 97-03 | Parker | Test plant list | (Host test list review) | Acroptilon repens | Comments on test list, 1/5/98 | none required |
| 97-02 | DeClerck-Floate/Story | Release | Longitarsus quadriguttatus | Cynoglossum officinale | Approve for release, 6/17/98 | Permits will not be issued |
| 97-01 | Brewer/Trujillo | Release | Pythium rostratum (PR1) | Centaurea spp. | Should not be released, 1/5/98 | none required |
| 96-15 | McClay/DeClerck-Floate | Release | Microplontus (Ceutorhynchus) edentulus | Matricaria perforata | Approve for release 6/04/97 | |
| 96-14 | Habeck/Medal | Release | Pseudophilothrips ichini | Schinus terebinthifolius | Should not be released at this time 8/15/97 | none required |
| 96-13 | Story | Test plant list | Tinthia myrmosae-formis and Anthonomus rubripes | Potentilla recta | Comments reviewed5/29/97 | none required |
| 96-12 | Mann | Release | Spurgia capitigena | Euphorbia esula | Approve for release 2/25/98 | Permits issued |
| 96-11 | Habeck | Release | Heteroperryia hubrichi | Schinus terebinthifolius | Approve for release 4/20/97 | no permits issued; toxicity issue, may be released in the future. |
| 96-10 | McClay/Trottier | Test plant list | Cecidophyes galii | Galium spp. | Comments reviewed4/20/97 | none required |
| 96-09 | Butts | Release | Altica carduorum from Xinjiang | Cirsium arvense | Should not be released at this time 4/9/97 | none required |
| 96-08 | DeClerck-Floate | Release | Mogulones cruciger | Cynoglossum officinale | Approve for release 4/4/97 | EA under revision, FWS consultation ongoing |
| 96-07 | Knutson | Release | Psylliodes chalcomera | Carduus sp. | Approve for release 11/26/96 | EA completed, permits issued for release |
| 96-06 | Balciunas | Pomponatius typicus | Melaleuca quinquenervia | Approve into quarantine 03/20/97 | ||
| 96-05 | Campobasso | Test plant list | Thamnurgus euphorbiae | Euphorbia esula | Comments reviewed03/20/97 | none required |
| 96-04 | Balciunas and Buckingham | Release | Oxyops vitiosa | Melaleuca quinquenervia | Approve for release | EA completed, permit issued for release |
| 96-03 | Lloyd Knutson | Test plant list | (none designated) | Salsola kali | Comments on general host test list | none required |
| 96-02 | Lloyd Knutson | Test plant list | (none designated) | Crupina vulgaris | Comments on general host test list | none required |
| 96-01 | Balciunas | Eucerocoris suspectus | Melaleuca quinquenervia | Approve into quarantine 06/03/96 | ||
| 95-07 | Harris | Release | Aphthona venustula | Euphorbia spp. | Should not be released at this time 11/21/95 | None required. |
| 95-06 | Harris | Release | Altica carduorum | Cirsium arvense | Should not be released at this time 8/25/95 | None required. |
| 95-05 | DeLoach | Psectrosema sp. | Tamarix | Approve into quarantine - 6/1/95 | ||
| 95-04 (joint) | DeClerck-Floate and Nowierski | Release | Gymnetron linariae | Linaria | Approve for release 5/27/95 | EA completed, permit issued for release. |
| 95-03(AKA 94-11) | Nowierski | Release | Mecinus janthinus | Linaria | Approve for release - 5/95 | EA completed, permit issued for release. |
| 95-02(AKA 94-12) | Nowierski | Release | Gymnetron antirrhini | Linaria | Approve for release - 5/95 | Permit issued for release |
| 95-01(AKA 94-10) | Nowierski | Release | Eteobalia intermediella and E. serratella | Linaria | Approve for release - 5/95 | EA completed, permit issued for release. |
| 94-09 | Harris | Altica cirsicola | Cirsium arvense | Research should continue -10/94 | none required - (see 95-06). | |
| 94-08 | Gassmann | Release | Chamaesphecia crassicornis | Euphorbia | Some concern expressed over specificity and capability of the agent, but no objection to release- 10/94 | EA completed, permit issued for release. |
| 94-07 | DeLoach | Release | Trabutina mannipara | Tamarix | Approve for release -10/14/94 | On hold. |
| 94-06 | DeLoach | Release | Diorhabda elongata | Tamarix | Approve for release 6/1/95 | EA, FONSI, permit for release issued 7/8/99 |
| 94-05 | Balciunus | Boreioglycasp. melaleucae | Melaleuca quinquenervia | Approve into quarantine 9/94 | permit issued for quarantine in FL. | |
| 94-04 | Davis - Mycogen Corp. | Release | Pseudomonas syringae var tagetis | Cirsium arvense | Approve for release with reservations - | EA, FONSI, Permits issued for release in CA, ND, OH, ID, SD, ND, MD. |
| 94-03 | Story | Test plant list | Potentilla recta | Comments returned to researcher | none required. | |
| 94-02 | Knutson | Release | Psylliodes chalcomera | Carduus | Do not Approve for release until concerns are addressed - 6/94 | none required |
| 94-01 | Fornasari | Release | Aphthona chinchihi | Euphorbia | Should not be approved for release until concerns addressed | Permits issued into quarantine. |
| 93-07 | McCallum | Release | Apion hookeri | Matricaria perforata | Approve for release in U.S. - 2/94 | No permit application received after 2/94. |
| 93-06 | Jordan et al | Release | Ceutorhynchus cruciger | Cynoglossum officinale | Rejected - 11/93 | none required. |
| 93-05 | Malecki, Blossy, Schroeder | Release | Nanophyes marmoratus and N. brevis | Lythrum salicaria | Approve for release - 11/93 | EA, FONSI, permits issued for release in CO, WI, SD, MT, OR, MN, NY, WA, PA, MD, TX. |
| 93-04 (re-vised) | Coombs, Isaacson, Miller and Turner | Release | Tetranychus lintearius | Ulex europaeus | Approve for release - 3/94 | EA, FONSI, permits issued for release in OR,CA,WA. |
| 93-03 | DeClerck-Floate | Release | Ceutorhynchus edentutlus | Matricaria perforata | Rejected 6/93 | no permits issued. |
| 93-02 | Balciunas and Burrows | Lophyrotoma zonalis | Melaleuca quinquenervia | Approve into quarantine 5/93 | permit issued for quarantine - FL. | |
| 93-01 | Harris | Release | Chamaesphecia astatiformis | Euphorbia | Approve for release 7/93 | No permits in database. |
| 92-08 | Spencer and Prevost | Release | Pegomya curticornis | Euphorbia | Rejected for release - 4/93 | permits issued for quarantine, MT & TX. |
| 92-07 | Spencer and Prevost | Release | Minoa murinata | Euphorbia | Approve for release - 4/93 | Permit issued for release in ND. |
| 92-06 | Spencer | Release | Lobesia euphorbiana | Euphorbia | Reject 4/93 | no permits issued. |
| 92-05 | Harris | Release | Gymnetron antirrhini | Linaria dalmatica | Approve for release 8/92 | Permit issued into quarantine in MT. |
| 92-04 | Storey | Release | Larinus obtusus | Centaurea maculosa | Approve for release 8/92 | permits issued for release in MT, TX, OR, SD, WY, ID, UT, CO, ND, NB |
| 92-03 | Balciunas and Purcell | Oxyops vitiosa | Melaleuca quinquenervia | Approve into quarantine 6/92 | permits issued for quarantine. | |
| 92-02 | Harris | Release | Apion hookeri | Matricaria perforata | Approve for release in Canada 6/92 | none required see 93-07 |