Nun Moth: Potential New Pest (Pest Alert)

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• Keena, Melody
• Shields, Kathleen

Year Published

1998

Publication

NA-PR-95-98. Newtown Square, PA:U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Area State & Private Forestry

Abstract

The nun moth, Lymantria monacha (L.)(Lymantriidae), is a Eurasian pest of conifers that could be accidentally introduced into North America. Its establishment in this country would be disastrous because it feeds on a variety of vegetation and can migrate and colonize a variety of sites.

Keywords

• Insect
• gypsy moth
• defoliation
• conifers
• deciduous.

Citation

Keena, Melody; Shields, Kathleen 1998. Nun Moth: Potential New Pest (Pest Alert). NA-PR-95-98. Newtown Square, PA:U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Area State & Private Forestry

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