Ectomyelois ceratoniae dulcis", "Macadamia integrifolia", "Acacia farnesiana", "Caesalpinia sappan", "Cassia bicapsularis", "Ricinus", "Erythrina monosperma", "Haematoxylum campechianum", "Prosopis juliflora", "Samanea saman", "Phoenix dactylifera", and "Ceratonia siliqua". It is a considerable agricultural pest, recognized as the most economically damaging pest of the date industry in California. In many regions around the world, it also damages many other high-value nut and fruit commodities such as almonds, pistachios, macadamias, pomegranates, and stone and pome fruits. Pheromone mimic lures are commercially available. In 2007, the California date "Phoenix dactylifera" industry produced 17,700 tons of dates on 5,900 acres, with a gross value of about $31.86 million. During
Cursing the fig tree one of Jesus’ parables known as the Parable of the barren fig tree. It has very similar wording to Mark and Matthew. A very different story appears in Infancy Gospel of Thomas, but has a similar quotation from Jesus: "…behold, now also thou shalt be withered like a tree, and shalt not bear leaves, neither root, nor fruit." (III:2). Cursing the fig tree Cursing the fig tree is one of the miracles of Jesus in the Gospels. It is included in the gospels of Mark and Matthew. In Mark's text it comes in two parts: in the first, just after