Survey for winter moth (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) in Northeastern North America with pheromone-baited traps and hybridization with the native bruce spanworm (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-145

  Elkinton, Joseph S ^a   Boettner, George H ^e   Sremac, Marinko ^e   Gwiazdowski, Rodger ^a   Hunkins, Roy R ^e   Callahan, Julie ^a   Scheufele, Susan B ^e   Donahue, Charlene P ^b   Porter, Adam H ^a   Khrimian, Ashot ^c   Whited, Brenda M ^a   Campbell, Nichole K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Maine Forest Service   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d PSS CT/MA/RI USDA APHIS PPQ   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

DNA barcoding; Forest defoliator; Hybridization; Invasive species; Pheromone trap survey

Indexed keywords

DEFOLIATION; EGG PRODUCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE FLOW; HYBRIDIZATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOTH; PEST SPECIES; PHEROMONE TRAP; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; WOODY PLANT;

UNITED STATES;

GEOMETRIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; OPEROPHTERA BRUCEATA; OPEROPHTERA BRUMATA;

EID: 77749280125     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/AN09118     Document Type: Article

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