Establishment of Hypena opulenta (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) on Vincetoxicum rossicum in Ontario, Canada. Issue 9 (2nd September 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bourchier, Robert S.; Cappuccino, Naomi; Rochette, Alicia; des Rivières, Jim; Smith, Sandy M.; Tewksbury, Lisa; Casagrande, Richard
• Is Part Of: Biocontrol science and technology. Volume 29:Issue 9(2019)
• Page Start: 917
• Page End: 923
• Publication Date: 2019-09-02
• Subjects: Invasive species -- weed biological control -- dog-strangling vine -- swallow-wort -- Lepidoptera -- Erebidae; Pests -- Biological control -- Periodicals; Weeds -- Biological control -- Periodicals; Pesticides -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals; Plants, Protection of -- Periodicals; Plants -- Biological control -- Periodicals; Agricultural pests -- Control -- Periodicals; Pest Control, Biological -- Periodicals; 632.96
• DOI: 10.1080/09583157.2019.1608511
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0958-3157

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Hypena opulenta, a moth native to Ukraine, was released in 2013–2014 as a biocontrol agent for pale swallow-wort Vincetoxicum rossicum, an invasive vine, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Blacklight trapping and surveys of feeding damage showed that H. opulenta has successfully established, increased in abundance and spread up to 2.0 km.