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