Evaluation of Adult Cottonwood Leaf Beetle, Chrysomela Scripta (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), Feeding Preference for Hybrid Poplars

Authors

M. O. Harrell, University of Nebraska
D. M. Benjamin, University of Wisconsin
J. G. Berbee, University of Wisconsin
T. R. Burkot, University of Wisconsin

Document Type

Peer-Review Article

Abstract

Foliage from the Leuce section of Populus was rejected for feeding by Chrysomela scripta adults in a choice test involving 12 hybrid poplar clones. Adults showed a feeding preference for the foliage from the Tacamahaca clones when compared to the Aigeiros clones.

Recommended Citation

Harrell, M. O.; Benjamin, D. M.; Berbee, J. G.; and Burkot, T. R. 1981. "Evaluation of Adult Cottonwood Leaf Beetle, Chrysomela Scripta (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), Feeding Preference for Hybrid Poplars," The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 14 (4)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22543/0090-0222.1400
Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol14/iss4/4