The genetic structure of northeastern populations of the tachinid Compsilura concinnata (Meigen), an introduced parasitoid of exotic forest defoliators of North America
The tachinid fly Compsilura concinnata (Meigen) was introduced to North America in 1906 for the biocontrol of the forest defoliators Lymantria dispar (L.) and Euproctis chrysorrhea (L.) when these caterpillars were defoliating large areas of eastern Massachusetts. Most of the flies released, however...
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
1995
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Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI9541150 |