Template:Did you know nominations/Cacopsylla pyricola


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 22:05, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

Cacopsylla pyricola

 * ... that the pear sucker arrived in the eastern United States from Europe in about 1800 and took about one hundred years to travel across America? Source: "... is not native to North America, but was introduced into the eastern United States in the early 1800s on infested pear seedlings imported from Europe. The pest rapidly dispersed from the eastern U.S., ultimately reaching the pear-growing regions of western North America in the early 1900s."


 * Reviewed: Sessions v. Dimaya

Created by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 17:58, 26 April 2018 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Hi Cwmhiraeth, review follows: Article created 21 April; article is well-written and exceeds minimum length; article is cited to reliable sources throughout; hook fact is interesting and is cited in article, preview of research paper cited confirms the hook fact; no copyright violations detected; QPQ has been done. This one looks good to go - Dumelow (talk) 08:38, 29 April 2018 (UTC)