HortScience, 2023 Crapemyrtle bark scale (CMBS; Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae Kuwana), a fast-spreading invasive insect, has been causing damage to popular landscape plants in at least 17 states in the United States since 2004. This invasive insect has a list of documented plant hosts in ∼23 genera, which includes its primary hosts, crapemyrtles (Lagerstroemia spp.), as ...
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HortTechnology, 2021 Crapemyrtle bark scale [CMBS (Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae)], a newly emerged pest in the United States, has spread to 16 U.S. states and unexpectedly spread on a native species american beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) in Texas and Louisiana in 2016 ...
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Seasonal population patterns of a new scale pest, acanthococcus lagerstroemiae kuwana (Hemiptera: Sternorrhynca: Eriococcidae), of crapemyrtles intexas, Louisiana, and Arkansas [PDF]
, 2020 The crapemyrtle bark scale, Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae, is an invasive scale insect pest of crapemyrtles. Crawler populations were monitored using double-sided sticky tape on established crapemyrtle trees in Tyler (TX), Huntsville (TX), Dallas (TX ...
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Seasonality, Distribution, and Biological Control of Crapemyrtle Bark Scale, A New Invasive Threat in Tennessee [PDF]
, 2021 Crapemyrtle bark scale, Acanthococcus (= Eriococcus) lagerstroemiae (Kuwana), an invasive pest from Asia, is a threat in the United States. to crape myrtles grown in ornamental nurseries and in landscapes. Although mortality to crape myrtles is rare, its
Cornish, Amira
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Evaluating Beautyberry and Fig Species as Potential Hosts of Invasive Crapemyrtle Bark Scale in the United States [PDF]
HortTechnology, 2022 Crapemyrtle bark scale [CMBS ( Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae )], a newly emerged pest in the United States, has spread to 16 U.S. states and unexpectedly spread on a native species american beautyberry ( Callicarpa americana ) in Texas and Louisiana in ...
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Sample size assessments for thermal physiology studies: An R package and R Shiny application [PDF]
, 2023 Required sample sizes for a study need to be carefully assessed to account for logistics, cost, ethics and statistical rigour. For example, many studies have shown that methodological variations can impact the critical thermal limits (CTLs) recorded for ...
Coetzee, Julie A. +4 more
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Recruiting lady beetles using olfactory and visual cues for the biocontrol of Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae (Hemiptera: Eriococcidae) [PDF]
, 2020 Acanthacoccus lagerstroemiae (crapemyrtle bark scale, CMBS) is an exotic scale insect that feeds on the sap of crapemyrtle trees as its primary host. Heavy Infestations of CMBS leads to reduced flowering and sooty mold growth on the leaves and branches ...
Ibiyemi, Oluwatomi
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Crapemyrtle Bark Scale Acanthococcus Lagerstroemiae Kuwana (Hemiptera: Eriococcidae): Analysis of Factors Influencing Infestation and Control [PDF]
, 2021 Crapemyrtle bark scale, Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae (Kuwana), a new non-native pest from Asia first discovered in the U.S. in 2004 has now been reported in 14 states. The scale jeopardizes the future of crapemyrtles use as a popular ornamental landscape
Gilder, Kyle Andrew
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Zelus renardii Roaming in Southern Italy [PDF]
, 2022 This study collects data from the literature and updates our Zelus renardii Kolenati, 1856 (Leafhopper Assassin Bug, LAB) prey knowledge. The literature consists of ca. 170 entries encompassing the years 1856 to 2021.
Boukhris-Bouhachem S. +5 more
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Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 2023 Abstract After non‐native herbivores arrive in a novel habitat and establish, they must then disperse to new host plants to continue invading. While flight‐capable insect herbivores can expand their non‐native ranges by flying to new hosts, insects that lack wings ...
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