Long-range migration of moths of agronomic importance to the United States and Canada
Subtitle: specific examples of occurrence and synoptic weather patterns conducive to migration : proceedings of a symposium presented at the combined annual meetings of the entomological societies of America and Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, November 30, 1982
By: edited by Alton N. Sparks.
Contributors: Sparks, Alton N.; Entomological Society of America.; Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ); United States. Agricultural Research Service.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service; Copies purchased from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1986
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.]; Springfield, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 104
Subjects: Moths -- Migration -- Climatic factors -- United States.; Moths -- Migration -- Climatic factors -- Canada.; Agricultural pests -- United States.; Agricultural pests -- Canada.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
"June 1986"--Cover.
"ARS-43."
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Alton N. Sparks; title: Evidence of migration of the black cutworm adult into the U.S. corn belt / W.B. Showers ... [et al.]; title: Evidence of annual long-distance migration by the fall armyworm / S.D. Pair and A.N. Sparks; title: Circumstantial ecological evidence for Heliothis virescens migration into the lower Rio Grande valley ... / J.R. Raulston and J.E. Houghtaling; title: Early season occurrence of Heliothis spp. in 1982 / A.W. Hartsack ... [et al.]; title: Climatic opportunities for the long-range migration of moths / Robert A. Muller and Nancy L. Tucker; title: Relationship between radar entomological measurements and atmospheric structure in South Texas ... / W.W. Wolf, J.K. Westbrook, and A.N. Sparks; title: Economic implications of long-range insect migration / Alton N. Sparks.