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peer-reviewed research article

The gypsy moth here again

authors

Marjorie A. Hoy, University of California

publication information

California Agriculture 36(7):4-6. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v036n07p4. July 1982.

author affiliations

Marjorie A. Hoy, Associate Professor, Department of Entomological Sciences, and Associate Entomologist in the Experiment Station, University of California, Berkeley;

abstract

This pest of forest and shade trees has invaded California in the past and may become a periodic problem.

author notes

worked on the gypsy moth and its parasites during 1973-76 in Connecticut and currently serves on the GM Scientific Advisory Committee to the California Department of Food and Agriculture. The author thanks R. M. Weseloh and the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station for several of the photographs and C. S. Koehler for helpful comments on the manuscript.