EFFECTS OF LEAF AGE AND POSITION ON LARVAL PREFERENCES OF THE FALL WEBWORM, HYPHANTRIA CUNEA (LEPIDOPTERA: ARCTIIDAE)
- 1 March 1979
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Canadian Entomologist
- Vol. 111 (3) , 381-383
- https://doi.org/10.4039/ent111381-3
Abstract
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.Keywords
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