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EFFECTS OF LEAF AGE AND POSITION ON LARVAL PREFERENCES OF THE FALL WEBWORM, HYPHANTRIA CUNEA (LEPIDOPTERA: ARCTIIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Pedro Barbosa
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 01003
Jane Greenblatt
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 01003

Extract

The fall webworm Hyphantria cunea Drury is a polyphagous lepidopteran which has been recorded on over 200 host species. In New England, although it occurs on a large number of species, the most frequently exploited host is black cherry, Prunus serotina Ehrh.

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