| European Poplar Shoot Borer
(EPSB) |
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Western Washington
Pheromone-trap Delimiting Survey and Field observations for European
Poplar Shoot Borer,
Gypsonoma aceriana (Duponchel) (Lepidoptera: Torticidae),
an Old World Poplar Pest new to North America. |
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Eric H. LaGasa1,
Patrik Hertzog2, Dan Barshis2, Kelley Turner2
and Hannah Smith2
2001 Entomology Project Report - WSDA PUB 034 (N/1/00) 2001 |
Executive Summary |
A small
stem-boring moth – larvae bore into growing tips of cottonwood
and most poplar varieties, deforming and stunting tip and tree
growth. The most serious poplar pest in Europe, it was first
found in North America in Washington State in 2000, and in most
of Western Washington in 2001.

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