DISTRIBUTION, IDENTIFICATION AND RATE OF SPREAD OF NOCTUA-PRONUBA (LEPIDOPTERA, NOCTUIDAE) IN THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED-STATES

Authors
PASSOA S HOLLINGSWORTH CS
Citation
S. Passoa et Cs. Hollingsworth, DISTRIBUTION, IDENTIFICATION AND RATE OF SPREAD OF NOCTUA-PRONUBA (LEPIDOPTERA, NOCTUIDAE) IN THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED-STATES, Entomological news, 107(3), 1996, pp. 151-160
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Entomological news → ACNP
ISSN journal
0013872X
Volume
107
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
151 - 160
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-872X(1996)107:3<151:DIAROS>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The distribution and spread of Noctua pronuba in the eastern United St ates is reviewed using data collected until the end of the 1994 season . Diagnostic features of the genitalia in both sexes are discussed and illustrated. The rate of spread of N. pronuba in the eastern United S tates averaged approximately 80 miles per year from 1985-1994.