Flowering saplings (cluster of white-flower inflorescence on the crown) representing early invasion stage in seasonally flooded habitat, note grassy ground vegetation.

A well established mature stand in a permanently flooded sawgrass habitat in the Everglades, note the tree stand is surrounded by the sea of sawgrass in the Florida Everglades.

Vertical section of a stand in seasonally flooded site in the Florida Everglades, note dense melaleuca trees with white bark.

distribution in Australia and neighboring islands. Solid black colors, and stars represent continuous and relatively isolated forests, respectively.

distribution in Florida, note stand concentrations along east and west coast of central and south Florida and scattered in between

Two larvae and typical larval feeding damage on a twig tip, note feeding scars on young leaves.

aggregated on young tips, note typical adult feeding holes on young leaves.

feeding scars on fully mature leaves at the tip of a twig.

Severely defoliated (bare twigs) upper crown of trees. Branch defoliation and twig dieback was caused by larval and adult feeding damages.