Document Type
Peer-Review Article
Abstract
Agonopterix alstroemeriana is a European oecophorid moth that defoliates poison hemlock (Conium maculatum), a noxious Eurasian weed extensively naturalized throughout temperate Australia, New Zealand, North America, and South America. Throughout western North America, and increasingly in the Midwest and Northeast, A. alstroemeriana has been utilized in poison hemlock eradication programs. We report, for the first time, predation on A. alstroemeriana by Euodynerus foraminatus (Hymenoptera: Eumenidae), a native solitary wasp that paralyzes these and other lepidopteran larvae and uses them to provision its nests. The presence of an effective predator may reduce the impact of A. alstroemeriana in biological control programs.
Recommended Citation
McKenna, Duane D.; Zangerl, Arthur R.; and Berenbaum, May R.
2001.
"A Native Hymenopteran Predator of Agonopterix Alstroemeriana (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) in East-Central Illinois,"
The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 34
(1)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22543/0090-0222.2036
Available at:
https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol34/iss1/10