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Whitmore Lab Journal Articles

2024

Liu, F., T. D. Bittner, M. C. Whitmore, 2024. Environmental DNA assays for Laricobius beetles (Coleoptera: Derodontidae), biocontrol agents of the hemlock woolly adelgid in North America. Journal of Economic Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toae116

Dietschler, N. J., T. D. Bittner, M. B. Lefebvre, J. Schmidt, C. S. Jubb, A. James, S. M. Salom, M. C. Whitmore, 2024. Observation of key phenological stages of hemlock woolly adelgid (Hemiptera: Adelgidae): using citizen science as a tool to inform research and management. Journal of Economic Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toae056

2023

Preston, C. P., N. J. Dietschler, M. C. Whitmore, S. M. Salom. 2023. Phenology of Leucotaraxis argenticollis, a specialist predator of the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid, in the eastern US. Environmental Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvad103

Dietschler, N. J., T. D. Bittner, N. G. Devine, A. Mayfield III, C. Preston, R. S. Crandall, J. Parkman, Z. Simek, B. Thompson, M. E. Lonsdale, B. Veverka, J. S. Elkinton, S. M. Salom, and M. C. Whitmore. 2023. Overwintering diapause and survival of western Leucotaraxis argenticollis, a promising biological control agent for Adelges tsugae, in the eastern United States. Biological Control. 182: 105233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2023.105233

Mayfield III, A. E., T. D. Bittner, N. J. Dietschler, J. S. Elkinton, N. P. Havill, M. A. Keena, D. L. Mausel, J. R. Rhea, S. M. Salom, and M. C. Whitmore. 2023. Biological control of hemlock woolly adelgid in North America: History, status, and outlook. Biological Control. 185: 105308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2023.105308

Nathan P Havill, Tonya D Bittner, Jeremy C Andersen, Nicholas J Dietschler, Joseph S Elkinton, Stephen D Gaimari, Brian P Griffin, Deanna Zembrzuski, Mark C Whitmore. (2023). Prey-associated genetic differentiation in two species of silver fly (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae), Leucotaraxis argenticollis and L. piniperda. Insect Systematics and Diversity. https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixad007

Ryan S Crandall, Jennifer L Chandler, Nicholas J Dietschler, Jeremy C Andersen, Joseph S Elkinton. (2023). Establishment and postrelease recovery of Laricobius nigrinus and Laricobius osakensis (Coleoptera: Derodontidae), released for biological control of Adelges tsugae (Hemiptera: Adelgidae), in the Northeastern United States. Environmental Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvad073

2022

Limbu, S., M. A. Keena, N. Dietschler, K. O’Connor, and M. C. Whitmore. 2022. Estivation and Postestivation Development of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid ( Adelges tsugae ) (Hemiptera: Adelgidae) at Different Temperatures. Environmental Entomology. nvac089. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvac089

Sabrina L Celis, Nicholas J Dietschler, Tonya D Bittner, Nathan P Havill, Michael W Gates, Matthew L Buffington, Mark C Whitmore, Hymenopteran Parasitoids of Leucotaraxis argenticollis (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae) and Leucotaraxis piniperda: Implications for Biological Control of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Hemiptera: Adelgidae), Environmental Entomology, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvac060

Kirtane, A.Dietschler, N. J.Bittner, T. D.Lefebvre, M. B.Celis, S.O’Connor, K.Havill, N., & Whitmore, M. C. (2022). Sensitive environmental DNA (eDNA) methods to detect hemlock woolly adelgid and its biological control predators Leucotaraxis silver flies and a Laricobius beetleEnvironmental DNA001– 14

2021

Dietschler NJ, Bittner TD, Trotter RT, Fahey TJ, and Whitmore MC. “Biological Control of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid: Implications of Adult Emergence Patterns of Two Leucopis spp. (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae) and Laricobius nigrinus (Coleoptera: Derodontidae) Larval Drop”. Environmental Entomology. 50: 803–813. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvab037

Mayfield AE, Dietschler NJ, Whitmore MC. “The Lari-Leuco Container: A Novel Collection Arena for Separating Insects Ascending or Descending From a Plant Foliage Sample.” Journal of Economic Entomology.

2020

Singh K, Knighton J, Whitmore M, Walter MT, Lassoie JP. “Simulation and statistical modelling approaches to investigate hydrologic regime transformations following Eastern hemlock decline.” Hydrological Processes. 2020;115. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13666SINGHETAL.15

Theresa M Crimmins, Katharine L Gerst, Diego G Huerta, R Lee Marsh, Erin E Posthumus, Alyssa H Rosemartin, Jeff Switzer, Jake F Weltzin, Len Coop, Nicholas Dietschler, Daniel A Herms, Samita Limbu, R Talbot Trotter, III, Mark Whitmore, Short-Term Forecasts of Insect Phenology Inform Pest Management, Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Volume 113, Issue 2, March 2020, Pages 139–148, https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/saz026

2018

S Limbu, M A Keena, M C Whitmore, Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Hemiptera: Adelgidae): A Non-Native Pest of Hemlocks in Eastern North America, Journal of Integrated Pest Management, Volume 9, Issue 1, 2018, 27, https://doi.org/10.1093/jipm/pmy018

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