Andrew R. Pugh

Scion — New Zealand

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

5h-index120citations24works2.52yr avg
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Research Topics

Forest Insect Ecology and Management(13), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control(11), Plant and animal studies(5), Insect behavior and control techniques(4), Biological Control of Invasive Species(4)

Publications24 total

Winds of Change: Charting a Pathway to Ecosystem Monitoring Using Airborne Environmental DNA
Environmental DNA·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Mating before host colonization: a common trait in outbreeding Scolytinae, potentially linked to invasiveness
Entomologia Generalis·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Winds of change: Charting a pathway to ecosystem monitoring using airborne environmental DNA
2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Environmental DNA profiling for detecting plant-insect interactions in endangered and native flora
Folia oecologica·2025Open Access
Pining away and at home: global utilisation of Pinus radiata by native and non-native insects
NeoBiota·2023· 13 citedOpen Access
Circadian and seasonal flight activity differences between the sexes of the biocontrol agent <i>Eadya daenerys</i> (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and the impact of host size on adult emergence
Austral Entomology·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Phenological observations and trapping tactics for the granulate ambrosia beetle <i>Xylosandrus crassiusculus</i> (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) in New Zealand
Agricultural and Forest Entomology·2023· 1 cited
Pinus radiata pest list
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2023Open Access
Pinus radiata pest list
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Field assessment of parasitism on the New Zealand endemic Nyctemera annulata by Cotesia urabae: Can non-target impacts be ruled out?
Biological Control·2022· 2 cited
Temperature Effects on the Survival and Development of Two Pest Bark Beetles<i>Hylurgus ligniperda</i>F. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and<i>Hylastes ater</i>Paykull (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Environmental Entomology·2022· 4 cited
Field Assessment of Parasitism on the New Zealand Endemic Nyctemera Annulata by Cotesia Urabae: Can Non-Target Impacts Be Ruled Out?
SSRN Electronic Journal·2022Open Access
Why introducing a parasitoid of <i>Paropsis charybdis</i> Stål, 1860 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) larvae is expected to enhance biological control of this <i>Eucalyptus</i> pest in New Zealand
Austral Entomology·2020· 4 cited
Observations of parasitoid behaviour in both no‐choice and choice tests are consistent with proposed ecological host range
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata·2020· 5 citedOpen Access
Host testing of Eadya daenerys, a potential biological control agent for the invasive chrysomelid pest Paropsis charybdis, predicts host specificity to eucalypt-leaf feeding Paropsina
BioControl·2019· 6 cited
6.2 Larval parasitoids for biocontrol of invasive paropsine defoliatiors
eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania)·2017Open Access
Artificial light at night potentially alters feeding behaviour of the native southern black-backed gull (Larus dominicanus)
Notornis·2016· 8 cited
The methodology for assessing the host range of a potential paropsine parasitoid &lt;i&gt;Eadya paropsidis&lt;/i&gt; (Braconidae)
Proceedings of the New Zealand Weed Control Conference·2016Open Access
Captive rearing of the endangered weevil<i>Hadramphus tuberculatus</i>(Pascoe, 1877) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae) for ex-situ conservation
New Zealand Entomologist·2015· 2 cited
Further evaluation of the southern ladybird (Cleobora mellyi) as a biological control agent of the invasive tomato–potato psyllid (Bactericera cockerelli)
Biological Control·2015· 25 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

T.M. Withers(10), Belinda A. Gresham(6), Nicolas Meurisse(6), Geoff R. Allen(5), Dean M. O’Connell(3), S. D. Wratten(3), Eckehard G. Brockerhoff(3), Helen F. Nahrung(3), Anouchka Perret‐Gentil(3), Stephanie L. Sopow(3), Rebecca M. Turner(3), Andrew G. Cridge(3), Stephen M. Pawson(2), Christine Todoroki(2), Clare I. M. Adams(2), Matthew A. Barnes(2), Elizabeth L. Clare(2), Francisco Encinas‐Viso(2), Kristen Fernandes(2), Dianne Gleeson(2)