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Impact of Tyta luctuosa (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium) in Corn (Zea mays)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Philip W. Tipping  and
Gaetano Campobasso
Philip W. Tipping
Affiliation:
Maryland Department of Agriculture, Annapolis, MD 21401
Gaetano Campobasso
Affiliation:
USDA-ARS European Biocontrol Laboratory, Rome, Italy
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Abstract

Releasing Tyta luctuosa on hedge bindweed in cornfields did not increase defoliation more than endemic herbivores. Larvae of T. luctuosa were rarely found after release, indicating they suffered high mortality or dispersed from test plants. Eleven species of endemic insects were found feeding on bindweed, all of which are known to be generalists feeding, in some cases, on economically important plants. Oidaematophorus monodactylus (L.) (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) was the most damaging species to the bindweed.

Keywords

Tyta luctuosa (Denis and Schiffermuller)hedge bindweed [Calystegia sepium (L.) R. Br.], # CAGSEcorn, Zea mays L.Biological controlendemic insect herbivores
Type
Research
Information
Weed Technology , Volume 11 , Issue 4 , December 1997 , pp. 731 - 733
Copyright
Copyright © 1997 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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