Inference of adult female dispersal from the distribution of gypsy moth egg masses in a Japanese city

Andrew M. Liebhold; Marek Turcani; Naoto Kamata

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Inference of adult female dispersal from the distribution of gypsy moth egg masses in a Japanese city

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Authors:

Andrew M. Liebhold, Marek Turcani, Naoto Kamata

Year:

2008

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Agricultural and Forest Entomology. 10: 69-73.

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Abstract

The native range of the gypsy moth Lymantria dispar (L.) spans the temperate forests of Eurasia. Across this region, a clinal female flight polymorphism exists; gypsy moth females in eastern Asia are mostly capable of directed flight, those in western and southern Europe are largely incapable of flight and populations distributed across the centre of the distribution exhibit a range of intermediate flight behaviours.

Keywords

Asian gypsy moth, flight, Japan, Lepidoptera, Lymantria dispar, Lymantriidae

Citation

Liebhold, A.M.; Turcani, Marek; Kamata, Naoto. 2008. Inference of adult female dispersal from the distribution of gypsy moth egg masses in a Japanese city. Agricultural and Forest Entomology. 10: 69-73.