Insect name | Causal agent | |
Ambrosia beetles | Xyleborus spp. Xyleborinus spp. |
more info |
Black pine aphid | Cinara cronartii | more info |
Bronze bug | Thaumastocoris peregrinus | more info |
Brown lappet moth | Pachypasa capensis | more info |
Catamonus weevil | Catamonus sp. | more info |
Cossid moth | Coryphodema tristis | more info |
Cutworms | Agrotis spp. | more info |
Deodar weevil | Pissodes nemorensis | more info |
Eucalyptus tortoise beetle | Trachymela tincticollis | more info |
Eucalyptus gall wasp | Leptocybe invasa | more info |
Eucalyptus longhorn beetle | Phorocantha recurva and semipunctata | more info |
Eucalyptus weevil | Gonipterus scutellatus | more info |
Grasshoppers and crickets | Various species | more info |
Green bronze beetle | Colasposoma spp. | more info |
Grey weevil | Ellimenistes laesicollis | more info |
Lesser wattle chafer | Monochelus calcaratus | more info |
Mediterranean pine engraver beetle | Orthotomicus erosus | more info |
Pine bark beetle | Hylastes angustatus | more info |
Pine brown tail moth | Euproctis terminalis | more info |
Pine emperor moth | Imbrasia cytherea | more info |
Pine looper | Cleora herbuloti | more info |
Pine woolly aphid | Pineus boerneri | more info |
Poplar emperor moth | Pseudobunea irius | more info |
Red gum lerp psyllid | Glycaspis brimblecombei | more info |
Red-haired pine bark beetle | Hylurgus ligniperda | more info |
Sirex woodwasp | Sirex noctilio | more info |
Termites | Various species | more info |
Wattle bagworm | Chaliopsis junodi | more info |
Wattle chafer | Hypopholis sommerii | more info |
Wattle emperor moth | Gynanisa maia | more info |
Wattle mired | Lygidolon laevigatum | more info |
Wattle semi-looper | Achaea lienardi | more info |
Whitegrubs | Various species of Scarab beetle larvae | more info |
New Publications
Nzuza P, Schröder ML, Heim RJ, Daniels L, Slippers B, Hurley BP, Germishuizen I, Sivparsad B, Roux J, Maes WH. (2025) Assessing Gonipterus defoliation levels using multispectral unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) data in Eucalyptus plantations. Ecological Informatics 90:103301.
10.1016/j.ecoinf.2025.103301
Msweli D, Geerts S, Nndanduleni M, Paap T. (2025) Evaluation of phosphite to protect a South African Proteaceae from Phytophthora root rot. Journal of Plant Pathology
10.1007/s42161-025-01945-8 

Dewing C, Yilmaz N, Steenkamp ET, Wingfield BD, Visagie CM. (2025) Capturing the fungal diversity hidden in Eastern Cape dairy pastures. Mycological Progress 24(1):38.
10.1007/s11557-025-02059-2
Nel WJ, Duong TA, Fell S, Herron DA, Paap T, Wingfield MJ, de Beer ZW, Hulcr J, Johnson AJ. (2025) A checklist of South African bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae, Platypodinae). Zootaxa 5648(1):1-101.
10.11646/zootaxa.5648.1.1
Dewing C, Yilmaz N, Steenkamp ET, Wingfield BD, Visagie CM. (2025) Capturing the fungal diversity hidden in Eastern Cape dairy pastures. Mycological Progress 24:38.
10.1007/s11557-025-02059-2 
