Seasonal Incidence of Male Dogwood Borer (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) and Other Species of Clearwing Moths in Selected Habitats in Tennessee
Rogers LE and Grant JF. 1991. Seasonal Incidence of Male Dogwood Borer (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) and Other Species of Clearwing Moths in Selected Habitats in Tennessee. Environmental Entomology. 20(2):520-525
Males of eight species of clearwing moths were collected in pheromone-baited traps placed in commercial nursery, urban, and forest habitats in eastern and middle Tennessee during 1987 and 1988. Seasonal flight activity was recorded for Podosesia syringae (Harris), lilac borer; Paranthrene simulans "palmii" (Grote), an oak borer; Synanthedon scitula, dogwood borer; Synanthedon rhododendri (Beutenmiiller), rhododendron borer; Synanthedon exitiosa (Say), peachtree borer; Synanthedon [atijera Hodges, a viburnum borer; Synanthedon acerni (Clemens), maple callus borer; and Synanthedon decipiens (Hy. Edwards), a borer of cynipid galls on oak. The dogwood borer exhibited bimodal emergence with the first peak occurring in mid-May and the second in the beginning of August. In the forest, the rhododendron borer exhibited bimodal emergence. The dogwood borer and peachtree borer were not collected in the forest habitat.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Rogers, Laura; Grant, Jerome
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- APHN, Appalachian Highlands Network, Biodiversity, clearwing moths, Dogwood, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, GRSM, GRSM-00090, GRSM-01879, Insecta, Lepidoptera, SER, Sesiidae, Southeast Region
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Terrestrial Invertebrates