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Monitoring, dispersal, and impact of southern-adapted Diorhabda beetles along the Colorado and Rio Grande of West Texas

C. Jack DeLoach, jdeloach@spa.ars.usda.gov1, Allen E. Knutson, a-knutson@tamu.edu2, Joaquin Sanabria, sanabria@brc.tamus.edu3, Jim Everitt, jeveritt@weslaco.ars.usda.gov4, James Tracy, jtracy@spa.ars.usda.gov1, Tom Robbins, trobbins@spa.ars.usda.gov1, Mark Donet, mark.donet@tx.usda.gov5, and Ty Fain, tfain@riogrande.org6. (1) USDA-Agricultural Research Service, GSWRL, 808 E. Blackland Road, Temple, TX, (2) Texas A&M University, Entomology, Texas A&M Research and Extension Center, 17360 Coit Road, Dallas, TX, (3) Texas A and M University, Blackland Research and Extension Center, 808 E Blackland Rd, Temple, TX, (4) USDA-Agricultral Research Service, IFNRRU, 2413 E Hwy 83, Weslaco, TX, (5) USDA-Natural Resource Conservation Service, Chihuahuan Desert RC and D, PO Box C-61, Alpine, TX, (6) Rio Grande Institute, Box 183, Marathon, TX



Species 1: Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Diorhabda elongata (Saltcedar leaf beetle)