COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
Amendment - List of Specimens taken to be Suitable for Live Import – s.303EB
I, TONY BURKE, Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, pursuant to paragraph 303EC (1) (a) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, make the following amendment to Part 2 of the list of specimens taken to be suitable for live import, established under s.303EB of the Act, under the heading Invertebrate Animals, Arthropods (Arthropoda), Class Insecta in the appropriate alphabetic positions:
Add:
Taxon
Common Name
Appendix
Conditions for Import
Ambia sp. nov. 3404QA
lygodium stem borer
Research only. High security facilities only.
Bagous affaber
hydrilla stem-boring weevil
Research only. High security facilities only.
Bagous chinensis
hydrilla stem-boring weevil
Research only. High security facilities only.
Bagous indistinctus
hydrilla stem-boring weevil
Research only. High security facilities only.
Bagous vicinus
hydrilla stem-boring weevil
Research only. High security facilities only.
Bagous n. sp. nov. 3409QA
hydrilla stem-boring weevil
Research only. High security facilities only.
Carea varipes
rhodomyrtus leaf borer
Research only. High security facilities only.
Idiophantis sp. nov. 4031QA
rhodomyrtus fruit borer
Research only. High security facilities only.
Lygomusotima stria
lygodium leaf defoliator
Research only. High security facilities only.
Sternuchopsis reticulatus
rhodomyrtus shoot borer
Research only. High security facilities only.
This amendment will take effect on the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
Dated this 8th day of May 2012
TONY BURKE
Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities