uncatoides (Ferris and Klyver, 1932)

Type locality: New Zealand (but not native there).

Additional distribution: Native in Australia; introduced in Chile, Colombia, Europe, Guadeloupe, Mexico, USA.

Host plant: Acacia and Albizia species, (Jensen 1957b; Munro 1965; Burckhardt 1989).

Remarks: First recorded in California in 1954 (Jensen 1957b; Beardsley et al. 1995).

Predators: Diomus pumilio (Weise) (black lady beetle, Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), Anthocoris nemoralis (Fabricius) (pirate bug, Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) (Dreistadt et al. 2004). Six predaceous insect species have been introduced into California to control Acizzia uncatoides (Dreistadt & Hagen 1994) .