NEW WISCONSIN RECORDS FOR A HEMILEUCA (LEPIDOPTERA, SATURNIIDAE) USING MENYANTHES-TRIFOLIATA (SOLANALES, MENYANTHACEAE) AND BETULA-PUMILA (BETULACEAE)

Authors
KRUSE JJ
Citation
Jj. Kruse, NEW WISCONSIN RECORDS FOR A HEMILEUCA (LEPIDOPTERA, SATURNIIDAE) USING MENYANTHES-TRIFOLIATA (SOLANALES, MENYANTHACEAE) AND BETULA-PUMILA (BETULACEAE), Great Lakes entomologist, 31(2), 1998, pp. 109-112
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Great Lakes entomologist → ACNP
ISSN journal
00900222
Volume
31
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
109 - 112
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-0222(1998)31:2<109:NWRFAH>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
A population of Hemileuca maia species complex was observed feeding on Menyanthes trifoliata and Betula pumila. This confirms the presence o f a second population of these moths using M. trifoliata in Wisconsin, and is only the fourth known locality for such populations. This is t he first report of Hemileuca feeding on B. pumila in Wisconsin. The He mileuca populations of the Great Lakes region are discussed, and the f irst map of the distribution of Hemileuca in Wisconsin is provided.