Ability to Respond Total:16 / 25Ability to Respond = ( Ease of Response + Tools in Place )
Confidence:High
Confidence Notes:
Impact
Spread
Notes
Score
Spread Rate
The adults can readily fly and are strong fliers.
5
Spread Amount
Native to Central America and Mexico, occurs in ~40 of the lower 48 states and as close as AZ; widely distributed and damaging throughout the eastern USA.
4
Damage
Notes
Score
Ecological
Increased insecticide usage would result to manage this pest if it established - this would threaten environmental quality.
1
Agricultural
Bean is the preferred host, and includes most varieties of snap beans and lima beans. Can also live on cowpea/black-eyed pea and may attack mung, adsuki, and velvet bean, alfalfa, and clover. The common weed beggarweed is believed to be a natural host.
5
Infrastructure
0
Cultural
Pest of garden vegetables.
1
Health
0
Benefit
Notes
Score
Ecological
0
Agricultural
0
Infrastructure
0
Cultural
0
Health
0
Total
16
Ability to Respond
Ease of Response
Notes
Score
Detection
The adults and larvae are fairly apparent on plant leaves and easy to identify and to detect.
3
Control
Considerable research has been done on managing this pest, insecticides, biological controls and cultural controls are in place for this pest, but the added expenses and damage if these measures were not properly timed is an issue.
3
Tools in Place
Notes
Score
Entry
A-rated pest from CDFA.
5
Control
A-rated pest from CDFA.
5
Outreach
No efforts in this area in CA but it is a heavily researched and published insect elsewhere.
