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 gall wasp | Ophelimus maskelli | |
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 |
Shell lerp Psyllid | Spondyliaspis sp. | |
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
Marincowitz S, Pham NQ, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ. (2025) Microfungi associated with dying quiver trees (Aloidendron dichotomum) in South Africa. Fungal Systematics and Evolution 16:71–80.
10.3114/fuse.2025.16.5 

Pham NQ, Marincowitz S, Crous PW, Wingfield MJ. (2025) Diversity of soil-borne Gliocladiopsis from Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam. Fungal Systematics and Evolution 16:81–92.
10.3114/fuse.2025.16.6 

Tanney JB, Kemler M, Vivas M, Wingfield MJ, Slippers B. (2025) Silent invaders: The hidden threat of asymptomatic phytobiomes to forest biosecurity. New Phytologist
10.1111/nph.70209
Fick A, Swart V, Van den Berg N. (2025) In silico prediction method for plant Nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat- and pathogen effector interactions. The Plant Journal 122:e70169.
10.1111/tpj.70169
Bose T, Wingfield MJ, Brachmann A, Witfeld F, Begerow D, Kemler M, Dovey S, Roux J, Slippers B, Vivas M, Hammerbacher A. (2025) Removal of organic biomass in Eucalyptus plantations has a greater impact on fungal than on bacterial networks. Forest Ecology and Management 586:122734.
10.1016/j.foreco.2025.122734