Tiny moth from Asia spreading fast on Siberian elms in eastern North America

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Tagged alien species, biodiversity, biogeography, Canada, elm trees, entomology, invasion biology, invasive moths, invasive species, leaf-mining moths, leafminers, Lepidoptera, moths, North America, pest control, pest management, Siberian elm, species introduction, USALeave a comment

September 17, 2018

In 2010, moth collector James Vargo began finding numerous specimens of a hitherto unknown pygmy moth in his light traps on his property in Indiana, USA. When handed to Erik van Nieukerken, researcher at Naturalis Biodiversity Center (Leiden, the Netherlands) and specialist in pygmy moths (family Nepticulidae), the scientist failed to identify it as a previously known […]

Cage the fly: Walk-in field cages to assess mating compatibility in pest fruit flies

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December 1, 2015

Fruit flies mating compatibility studies have been examined by an international team of researchers to assess the usefulness of walk-in field cages in studying the sexual behavior within fruit fly species complexes and recognition of taxonomically misplaced flies. In addition, they have also evaluated the relevant chemical signals during pheromone emission for species discrimination. The […]