scholarly journals Cactoblastis cactorum (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in North America: A Workshop of Assessment and Planning

2001 ◽  
Vol 84 (4) ◽  
pp. 465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel L. Mahr
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Cactoblastis Cactorum ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae

scholarly journals Ecological Niche Modeling to Calculate Ideal Sites to Introduce a Natural Enemy: The Case of Apanteles opuntiarum (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) to Control Cactoblastis cactorum (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in North America

Insects ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 454
Author(s):  
Nidia Bélgica Pérez-De la O ◽  
Saúl Espinosa-Zaragoza ◽  
Víctor López-Martínez ◽  
Stephen D. Hight ◽  
Laura Varone
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
North America ◽  
Natural Enemy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Actual Distribution ◽  
Cactoblastis Cactorum ◽  
Environmental Suitability ◽  
Bioclimatic Variables ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae ◽  
Cactus Moth

The cactus moth, Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), is an invasive species in North America where it threatens Opuntia native populations. The insect is expanding its distribution along the United States Gulf Coast. In the search for alternative strategies to reduce its impact, the introduction of a natural enemy, Apanteles opuntiarum Martínez and Berta (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), is being pursued as a biological control option. To identify promising areas to intentionally introduce A. opuntiarum for the control of C. cactorum, we estimated the overlap of fundamental ecological niches of the two species to predict their common geographic distributions using the BAM diagram. Models were based on native distributional data for both species, 19 bioclimatic variables, and the Maxent algorithm to calculate the environmental suitability of both species in North America. The environmental suitability of C. cactorum in North America was projected from Florida to Texas (United States) along the Gulf coastal areas, reaching Mexico in northern regions. Apanteles opuntiarum environmental suitability showed a substantial similarity with the calculations for C. cactorum in the United States. Intentional introductions of A. opuntiarum in the actual distribution areas of the cactus moth are predicted to be successful; A. opuntiarum will find its host in an environment conducive to its survival and dispersal.

scholarly journals EXPANDING GEOGRAPHICAL RANGE OF CACTOBLASTIS CACTORUM (LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE) IN NORTH AMERICA

2002 ◽  
Vol 85 (3) ◽  
pp. 527-529 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. D. Hight ◽  
J. E. Carpenter ◽  
K. A. Bloem ◽  
S. Bloem ◽  
R. W. Pemberton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Geographical Range ◽  
Cactoblastis Cactorum ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae

scholarly journals Pheromone-Based Attractant for Males of Cactoblastis cactorum (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

2006 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 1469-1476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert R. Heath ◽  
Peter E. A. Teal ◽  
Nancy D. Epsky ◽  
Barbara D. Dueben ◽  
Stephen D. Hight ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cactoblastis Cactorum ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae

Acentropus niveus (Oliv.) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) on the north shore of Lake Erie with a consideration of its distribution in North America

1950 ◽  
Vol 82 (12) ◽  
pp. 250-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. W. Judd
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Green Alga ◽  
Lake Erie ◽  
Filamentous Green Alga ◽  
North Shore ◽  
The North ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae ◽  
Shallow Bay ◽  
The Village ◽  
The Waves

On July 12, 1950 a collection of adults of the moth Acentropus niveus (Oliv.) was made on the north shore of Lake Erie near the village of South Cayuga, Ontario (Maps A, B-3). At the southern limits of the townships of Dunn and South Cayuga (Haldimand County) a shallow bay extends for a distance of about two miles along the shore of the lake (Map A). Along this bay is a sandy or gravelly beach ten to twenty yards wide backed by a cliff of clay that rises abruptly above the beach. On the day the collections were made the sky was clear and a brisk southerly breeze was causing waves to wash on the beach. The action of the waves had deposited debris, consisting largely of tangled masses of a filamentous green alga and exuviae of the mayfly Hexagenia occulta, in a windrow six inches to two feet wide along the shore. The moths ere found in this debris, most of them lying dead and with bedraggled wings, while some lay on their backs with wings stuck to the damp surface and with legs kicking and a few were crawling about on the debris.

scholarly journals Field Host Range ofApanteles opuntiarum(Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Argentina, a Potential Biocontrol Agent ofCactoblastis cactorum(Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in North America

2015 ◽  
Vol 98 (2) ◽  
pp. 803-806 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Varone ◽  
Guillermo Logarzo ◽  
Juan José Martínez ◽  
Fernando Navarro ◽  
James E. Carpenter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Host Range ◽  
Biocontrol Agent ◽  
Potential Biocontrol Agent ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae

The Genus Epipagis Hubner, nec Hampson, in North America (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

1955 ◽  
Vol 87 (6) ◽  
pp. 249-252
Author(s):  
Eugene Munroe
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
North American ◽  
British Museum ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae ◽  
The Common

Hübner ([1824-25] p. 357) defined the genus Epipagis, citing three species. Hampson (1918: 277) chose fenestralis Hübner as type, and sank Sameodes Snellen to Epipagis. The arrangement of the British Museum Pyralidae shows that Hampson thought fenestralis Hübner was the same as phyllisalis Walker; but so far as I know this synonymy was never published. Actually, Hübner's figure of fenestralis represents a female of the genus usually known as Stenophyes Lederer, wrongly synonymized by Hampson (1899) with Crocidophora Lederer. The size and coloration suggest that the species Hübner figured is the common North American one universally called buronalis Guenée.

Development of cell lines from the cactophagous insect: Cactoblastis cactorum (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) and their susceptibility to three baculoviruses

2012 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 293-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
James J. Grasela ◽  
Arthur H. McIntosh ◽  
Joseph Ringbauer ◽  
Cynthia L. Goodman ◽  
James E. Carpenter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Lines ◽  
Cactoblastis Cactorum ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae
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