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Gypsy moth
Countries list Afghanistan Algeria Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia & Herzegovina - not reported but likely based on location Bulgaria Canada China Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Hungary India Iran Iraq Israel Italy Japan Kazakhstan Korea DPR Korea Republic of Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Lithuania Macedonia Moldova Morocco Netherlands New Zealand - eradicated Pakistan - not reported but possible based on location Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Serbia & Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia - not reported but likely based on location Spain Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uzbekistan

Gypsy moth in places other than North America
This article doesn't have much information on the status of gypsy moth in other countries, which countries it occurs in, variation in biology in different parts of its range, international spread etc. I'd like to add some of this in but I'm not really sure where it fits into the article structure. Any thoughts? Over the next couple of weeks I'll probably start to pull some of this together in my sandbox, but it's not there yet.

NZ flora
Divarication and heteroblasty not covered as topic - see for example leaf where heteroblasty gets one line.

Both important in the NZ flora and heteroblasty in Mauritius. Divarication in NZ - 2 main hypotheses - climate and moa Heteroblasty in Mauritius - tortoises

Psidium cattleianum draft
Not convinced this is useful - see for example ISSG database and PIER

Strawberry guava (Psidium cattleianum) is a small tree (2-6 m tall), bearing small red or yellow fruit, which are somewhat sour but sometimes eaten or made into jam. Yellow-fruited varieties are known in Hawaii as waiawī. It is closely related to common guava, and like that species is a widespread, highly invasive species in tropical areas, especially Hawaii. It tends to form dense, monotypic stands which prevent regrowth of native species, and is very difficult to eradicate.

Taxonomy
Synonym P. littorale Colour variants - varieties

Distribution
Native - Brazil Naturalised - Hawai'i, Mauritius, Madagascar, parts of Australia, Rarotonga, NZ (Kermadecs and Northland), Sth Africa, elsewhere in the Pacific?

Biology
Shade tolerance of seedlings, density of stems per sq m. Animal dispersal.

Uses
Can I verify cultural status in Mauritius

Control
Biocontrol? Herbicide trials etc from Mauritius