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The Relationship Between The Winter Moth (Operophtera Brumata) And Its Host Plants In Coastal Maine, Kaitlyn M. O'Donnell

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This project examines the recent outbreak of the invasive winter moth (Operophtera brumata) in mid-coast Maine. The winter moth was introduced into New England in the late 1990’s and low densities of winter moth were detected with pheromone traps throughout the Maine coast in 2006. Severe defoliation occurred for the first time in Maine in the spring of 2012 in Harpswell and Vinalhaven, ME. This pest attacks an extremely broad range of host plants, including forest hardwood trees and agricultural crops such as highbush blueberry and apple. The objectives of this study are to examine the differential development …