Publications

Peer-Reviewed Publications

  • Stephens, E.J., J.E. Losey, L. Allee, A. DiTommaso, C. Bodner, and A. Breyre. (2012). The impact of Cry 3Bb1 Bt-maize on two guilds of beneficial beetles. Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment. 156:72-81.
  • Ramsey, S., and J. Losey. (2012). Why is Harmonia axyridis the culprit in coccinellid biting incidents? An analysis of means, motive and opportunity. American Entomologist. 58:166-170.
  • Hesler, L.S., G. McNickle, M.A. Catangui, J.E. Losey, E.A. Beckendorf, L. Stellwag, D.M. Brandt, and P.B. Bartlett. (2012). Method for Continuously Rearing Coccinella Lady Beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Open Entomology Journal. 6:42-48.
  • Gardiner, M., L. Allee, P. Brown, J. Losey, H. Roy, and R. Smyth. (2012). Lessons from lady beetles: Accuracy of monitoring data from US and UK citizen science programs. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 10:471-476.
  • Losey, J.E., L. Allee, and R. Smyth. (2012). The Lost Ladybug Project: Citizen spotting surpasses scientist’s surveys. American Entomologist. 58:22-24.
  • Losey, J., J. Perlman, J. Kopco, S. Ramsey, L. Hesler, E. Evans, L. Allee, and R. Smyth. (2012). Potential causes and consequences of decreased body size in field populations of Coccinella novemnotata. Biological Control. 61:98-103. (published in advance online in 2011)
  • Finkbeiner, S.D., R.D. Reed, R. Dirig, and J. E. Losey. environmental factors in the Northeastern range expansion Papilio cresphontes Cramer (Papilionidae). Journal of the Lepidopterist Society 65:119-125.
  • Hesler, L.S., K. Fothergill, K.V. Tindall , and J. E. Losey. 2010. Novel elytral-color forms of Coccinella septempunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in North America. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 112:500-507.
  • Denemark, E., and J.E. Losey. 2010. Causes and consequences of ladybug washups in the Fingerlakes region of New York State (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Entomologica Americana. 116:78-88.
  • Fothergill, K. W. Moore, J. Losey, L. L. Allee and R. R. Smyth. 2010. First Arizona records of the multicolored Asian lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin. 64 (1): 51-52.
  • Caillaud M.C. and J.E. Losey. 2010. Genetics of color polymorphism in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum. Journal of Insect Science 10:95, available online: insectscience.org/10.95 (Open source; no hard copy).
  • Hesler, L.S., M.A. Cantangui, J.E. Losey, J. B. Helbig and A. Mesman. 2009. Recent records of Adalia bipnctata (L.), Coccinella transversoguttata Richardsoni Brown, and Coccinella novemnotata Herbst (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from South Dakota and Nebraska. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 63(4):475–484. 2009.
  • Losey, J. and M. Vaughan. 2008. Conserving the ecological services provided by insects. American Entomologist 54: 113-115.
  • Vaughan, M., F. Kuehn, J. Losey, and S. Black. 2008. Conservation of Insects. American Entomologist 54: 96-97.
  • Shuler, R.E., A. DiTommaso, J.E. Losey, and C.L. Mohler. 2008. Postdispersal weed seed predation is affected by experimental substrate. Weed Science 56: 889-895.
  • Losey, J.E., J.E. Perlman, and R. Hoebeke. 2007. Citizen scientist rediscovers rare nine-spotted lady beetle, Coccinella novemnotata, in eastern North America. Journal of Insect Conservation. 11:415-417.
  • Fuchsberg, J.R., T.-H. Yong, J.E. Losey, M.E. Carter, and M.P. Hoffmann. 2007. Evaluation of corn leaf aphid (Rhopalosiphum maidis; Homoptera: Aphididae) honeydew as a food source for the egg parasitoid Trichogramma ostriniae (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae). Biological Control 40(2): 230-236.
  • Hayden, V.R., J.M. Duxbury, A. DiTommaso, and J.E. Losey. 2007. Weed Community Dynamics in the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) and the Efficacy of Mechanical Cultivation and Competitive Rice Cultivars for Weed Control in Indonesia. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture 30:5-26.
  • Harmon, J. E., J. Stephens, and J. Losey. 2007. The decline of native coccinellids (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in the United States and Canada. Journal of Insect Conservation. 11:85-84.
  • Hoffmann, M. P., S. A. Pitcher, S. A. Cheever, J. E. Losey, T. P. Kuhar; C. A. Laub, and R. R. Youngman. 2006. Efficacy of inoculative releases of Trichogramma ostriniae (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) against European corn borer Ostrinia nubilalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in field corn. Biological Control 36: 345-349.
  • Losey, J.E., and M. Vaughan. 2006. The economic value of ecological services provided by insects. BioScience 56:311-323.
  • E.J. Stephens, and J.E. Losey. 2004. Comparison of sticky cards, visual and sweep sampling for assessment of coccinellid populations in alfalfa. Environmental Entomology 33:535-539.
  • Carter, M.E., M.G. Villani, L.L. Allee, and J.E. Losey. 2004. Absence of non-target effects of Bacillus thuringiensis coleopteran active endotoxins to the bulb mite, Rhizoglypus robini (Claperede) (Acari, Acaridae). Journal of Applied Entomology. 128:56-63.
  • Losey, J.E., R.A. Hufbauer, and R.G. Hartzler. 2003. Enumerating lepidopteran species associated with maize as a first step in risk assessment. Environmental Biosafety Research 2:247-261.
  • DiTommaso, A. and J.E. Losey. 2003. Potential impact of two invasive swallow-worts, Vincetoxicum rossicum and Vincetoxicum nigrum on monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) populations. Entomologia Experimentalis et applicata 108:205-209.
  • Losey, J.E., L.L. Allee, V. Zbarsky, J.K. Waldron, and E.J. Shields. 2003. Transect sampling to enhance efficiency of corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) monitoring. Journal of Economic Entomology. 96:1420-1425.
  • Losey, J.E, J. K. Waldron, E. R. Hoebeke, L. E. Macomber, and B. N. Scott. 2002. First record of the soybean aphid, Aphis glycines Matsumura (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aphididae), in New York. The Great Lakes Entomologist 35:101-105.
  • Losey, J.E., M.E. Carter, and S.A. Silverman. 2002. The affect of stem diameter on European corn borer behavior and survival: Consequences for IRM in Bt-corn. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 105:89-96.
  • Teulon, D.A.J. and J.E. Losey. 2002. Issues relating to the practical use of transgenic crops for insect pest management. New Zealand Plant Protection 55:396-404.
  • Losey, J.E., D.D. Calvin, M.E. Carter, and C.E. Mason. 2001. Evaluation of non-corn host plants as a refuge in a resistance management program for European corn borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) on Bt-corn. Environmental Entomology 30:728-735.
  • Jensen, M.A., J.E. Losey and A.E. Hajek. 2001. Altered behavior and distribution of pea aphids, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Homoptera: Aphididae), infected with Pandora neoaphidus (Zugomycetes: Entomophthorales). BioControl 46:337-343.
  • Obrycki, J.J., J.E. Losey, O. Taylor, and L.C. Hansen. 2001. Transgenic insecticidal corn: Beyond insecticidal toxicity to ecological complexity. BioScience 51:353-361.
  • Stanley-Horn, D.E., G.P. Dively, R.L. Hellmich, H.R. Mattila, M.K. Sears, R. Rose, L.C.H. Jesse, J.E. Losey, J.J. Obrycki, and L. Lewis. 2001. Assessing the impact of Cry1Ab-expressing corn pollen on monarch butterfly larvae in field studies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98: 11931-11936.
  • Tschenn, J., J.E. Losey, L. Hansen Jesse, J.J. Obrycki, and R. Hufbauer. 2001. Effects of corn plants and corn pollen on monarch butterfly oviposition behavior. Environmental Entomology 30:495-500.
  • Losey, J.E., and M.D. Eubanks. 2000. Implications of host-plant specialization for the potential colonization of vegetables following post-harvest emigration from forage crops. Environmental Entomology 29:1283-1288.
  • Harmon J.P., A.R. Ives, J.E. Losey, A.C. Olson, and K.S. Rauwald. 2000. Coleomegilla maculata DeGeer (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) predation on pea aphids promoted by proximity to dandelions. Oecologia 125:543-548.
  • Losey, J.E., L.S. Rayor, and M.E. Carter. 1999. Transgenic pollen harms monarch larvae. Nature 399:214.
  • Losey, J.E., and R.F. Denno. 1999. Factors facilitating synergistic predation: The central role of synchrony. Ecological Applications 9:378-386.
  • Losey, J.E., and R.F. Denno. 1998. Interspecific variation in the escape response of aphids: Effect on risk of predation from foliar-foraging and ground foraging predators. Oecologia. 115:245-252.
  • Harmon, J., J.E. Losey, and A.R. Ives. 1998. The role of vision and color in the close proximity foraging behavior of four coccinellid species. Oecologia. 115:287-292.
  • Losey, J.E., and R.F. Denno. 1998. The escape response of pea aphids to foliar-foraging predators: Factors affecting dropping behavior. Ecological Entomology 23:53-61.
  • Losey, J.E., and R.F. Denno. 1998. Positive predator-predator interactions: Enhanced predation rates and synergistic suppression of aphid populations. Ecology 79:2143-2152.
  • Losey, J.E., A.R. Ives, J. Harmon, F. Ballantyne, and C. Brown. 1997. Maintenance of an aphid color polymorphism through a balance of parasitism and predation. Nature 388: 269-272.
  • Calvin, D.D., J.E. Losey, M.C. Knapp, and F.L. Poston. 1997. Trichogramma pretiosum (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) oviposition and development in three age classes of southwestern corn borer eggs. Environmental Entomology 26:385-390.
  • Denno, R.F., G.K. Roderick, M.A. Peterson, A.F. Huberty, H.G. Doebel, M.D. Eubanks, J.E. Losey, and G.A. Langellotto. 1996. Habitat persistence underlies intraspecific variation in the dispersal strategies of planthoppers. Ecological Monographs 66:389-408.
  • Losey, J.E., and D.D. Calvin. 1995. Quality assessment of four commercially-available species of Trichogramma. Journal Economic Entomology 88:1243-1250.
  • Losey, J.E., S.J. Fleischer, D.D. Calvin, W.L. Harkness, and T. Leahy. 1995. Evaluation of Trichogramma nubilale and Bacillus thuringiensis in management of Ostrinia nubilalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in sweet corn. Environmental Entomology 24:436-445.

Other Publications

  • J. Losey. 2007. The worm turns. A review of: Invertebrate Conservation and Agricultural Ecosystems. T. R. New. Cambridge University Press (2005).
  • Harmon, J.P., E. Stephens, and J. Losey. 2007. The Decline of Native Coccinellids (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in the United States and Canada. pgs. 85-94. In: Beetle Conservation. T.R. New Ed.

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