Insect damage to oaks

Charles O. Rexrode

Treesearch

Insect damage to oaks

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Charles O. Rexrode

Year:

1971

Type:

Other

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Oak Symposium Proceedings. 1971 August 16-20; U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station: Upper Darby, PA. 129-134.

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Abstract

In terms of mortality caused by insects, defoliators are the most serious enemies of oaks at the present time. An oak leaf tier, Croesia semipurprana, is one of the principal defoliators of trees in the red oak group. Oak leaf rollers, primarily Archips semiferana, have been responsible for widespread mortality in white and chestnut oaks. Defoliation by the gypsy moth, Porthetria dispar, could become the major insect problem in the Appalachian Region and possibly throughout the Eastern United States. Economically, wood borers may be the most important at present.

Parent Publication

Oak Symposium Proceedings

Citation

Rexrode, Charles O. 1971. Insect damage to oaks. In: Oak Symposium Proceedings. 1971 August 16-20; U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station: Upper Darby, PA. 129-134.