Survivorship, development, and fecundity of buck moth (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) on common tree species in the Gulf Coast urban forest

Hemileuca maia maia(Drury), the buck moth, is abundant in urban areas of the Gulf Coast region where it defoliates oaks. However, the extent to which the buck moth can survive on other tree species common in the southern urban forest has not been reported. In the laboratory, the authors studied the suitability and acceptability to larvae of 14 common tree species in New Orleans and determined the extent to which larvae were able to switch to species other than oak midway in their development.... The implications of these findings are discussed in terms of outbreak dynamics of the moth in urban forests.

[Ti: Survivorship, development, and fecundity of buck moth (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) on common tree species in the Gulf Coast urban forest]
[Au: Martinat, P.J.,, Solomon, J.D., and, Leininger, T.D.,]
[So: Journal of Entomological Science 32(2):192-203.]
[Ky: Maintenance]]