P-IE: Invasive Species 1

Moderator(s)

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  Frank Hale

  Professor
  Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
  University of Tennessee
  Nashville, Tennessee

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM - 1:42 PM MT

  Asian bean thrips, Megalurothrips usitatus, a new invasive pest of legumes
  

  Presenting Author: Hugh A. Smith – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Bruno Rossitto De Marchi – University of Florida
• 1:42 PM - 1:54 PM MT

  Colonization of invasive shrubs by native caterpillars
  

  Presenting Author: John O. Stireman – Wright State University

  Co-Author: Sarah T. Workman – Wright State University
• 1:54 PM - 2:06 PM MT

  Conservation conundrum: Endangered species persists on noxious weed
  

  Presenting Author: Christine Elliott – University of Hawaii

  Co-Author: Conrad Gillett – University of Hawaii

  Co-Author: Elliott Parsons – Hawaii Division of Forestry and Wildlife

  Co-Author: Daniel Rubinoff – University of Hawaii
• 2:06 PM - 2:18 PM MT

  New habitat, new lunch? Insights into the prey of Vespa mandarina (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in Cascadia obtained from sequencing poop
  

  Presenting Author: Chris Looney – Washington State Department of Agriculture

  Co-Author: Telissa Wilson – Washington State Department of Agriculture

  Co-Author: Mark Wildung – Washington State University

  Co-Author: Todd M. Gilligan – USDA-APHIS
• 2:18 PM - 2:30 PM MT

  Short term host adaptation in Diaphorina citri
  

  Presenting Author: Timothy Ebert – University of Florida/IFAS Extension

  Co-Author: Michael Rogers – University of Florida
• 2:30 PM - 2:42 PM MT

  Spread and distribution of crapemyrtle bark scale, Acanthococcus (=Eriococcus) lagerstroemiae (Kuwana), in Tennessee
  

  Presenting Author: Frank A. Hale – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: Amira Cornish – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: Jerome F. Grant – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: David Paulsen – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: Paris Lambdin – University of Tennessee
• 2:42 PM - 2:54 PM MT

  The Asian longhorned beetle in South Carolina: A status update and summary of ongoing research
  

  Presenting Author: Meredith S. Bean – Clemson University

  Co-Author: Lena Schmitt – Clemson University

  Co-Author: Abigail Ratcliff – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Kelly Oten – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Robert Talbot Trotter, III – US Forest Service, Research and Development

  Co-Author: Scott Pfister – USDA-APHIS

  Co-Author: David R. Coyle – Clemson University
• 2:54 PM - 3:06 PM MT

  The distribution of two strains of Leptoglossus zonatus  (Hemiptera: Coreidae): Is this species invasive?
  

  Presenting Author: Andrea L. Joyce – University of California

  Co-Author: Harry Brailovsky – Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
• 3:06 PM - 3:18 PM MT

  Thrips associated with dragon fruit (pitaya) (Hylocereus undatus) in South Florida
  

  Presenting Author: Andy Jean-Louis – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Daniel Carrillo – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Hugh A. Smith – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Amanda C. Hodges – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Luisa F. Cruz – University of Florida