Introduction to life history Dr. Vera Krischik, Department of EntomologyBinomial nomenclature, 1758Binomial nomenclaturePowerPoint PresentationSlide 5Slide 6Slide 7Slide 8Slide 9Slide 10Slide 11Slide 12Slide 13Slide 14Slide 15Slide 16Slide 17Slide 18Slide 19Slide 20Slide 21Slide 22Slide 23• Common name • Taxonomy: Order, Family, Genus, species• Functional ecology: How it feeds• Pesticides: Conventional and biorationalTuliptree soft scale, male and third instar females Introduction to life historyIntroduction to life historyDr. Vera Krischik, Department of Dr. Vera Krischik, Department of EntomologyEntomologyCarl Linnaeus, born 1707,Sweden• Systema Naturae, editionsfrom 1737-1758 Genus, species Lymantria dispar Common name: gypsy moth Order: Lepidoptera Family: Lymantriidae, tussock mothBinomial nomenclature, 1758Binomial nomenclature, 1758Carl Linnaeus, born 1707, SwedenSystema Naturae in 1737King: K: Kingdom: AnimaliaPhillip: Phylum: Arthropoda, jointed footCame: Class:Insecta, Hexapoda, six legsOut: Order: Lepidoptera, scaly wingsFrom: Family: Lymantriidae, tussock moths Greece: Genus: Lymantria Singing: Species: disparBinomial nomenclatureBinomial nomenclature•Birch leafminer•Order Hymenoptera•Family Tenthredinidae•Sawfly larvae feed, adults do not•Hollow out patches between leaf surfaces•Birch trees•Spring cankerworm•Order Lepidopera•Family Geometridae•Moth larvae feed, adults do not feed•Defoliation, shot hole injury•Apple, elm, oak, hickory, linden, birch, beech, maple•Cooley spruce gall adelgid•Order Hemiptera•Family Adelgidae•Aphid like sucking insect•Galls on tips of branches•Spruce and Douglas-fir•Cottony maple scale •Order Hemiptera •Family Coccidae•Soft scale, sap sucking insect•Yellowing, stunting, dieback•Maple, elm, hawthorn, dogwood, poplar, linden•Elm leaf beetle •Order Coleoptera•Family Chrysomelidae •Beetle larvae and adults feed•Defoliation•Most elm species•Eriophyid mites•Order Acari•Family Eriophyidae•Sucking arachnids causing erineum, spider relatives•Erineum are gall like, foliage discoloration•Various deciduous and coniferous species•European pine sawfly •Order Hymenoptera•Family Diprionidae •Sawfly larvae feed, adults do not feed•Defoliation•Various pines•Forest tent caterpillar •Order Lepidoptera•Family Lasiocampidae•Moth larvae feed, adults do not feed•Defoliation•Fruit and shade trees•Hackberry nipple gall maker •Order Hemiptera•Family Psyllidae•Adult psyllid, aphid-like•Plant forms gall over insect nymph•Hackberry•Honeylocustplant bug •Order Hemiptera•Family Miridae•Plant bug nymphs and adults feed•Stippled leaf discoloration and distortion •Honeylocust•Cottonwood leaf beetle •Order Coleoptera•Family Chrysomelidae•Beetle larvae and adults feed •Defoliation •Various willow and cottonwood•Kermes scale •Order Hemiptera•Family Kermestidae•Gall-like scale scale, sap sucking•Chlorosis, foliage distortion, and tip dieback. •Oaks•Lace bug •Order Hemiptera•Family Tingidae•Lace bug nymphs and adults feed•Stippled, discolored foliage, and dieback•Various trees and shrubs•Clearwing borer •Order Lepidoptera•Family Sesiidae •Moth borer larvae feed under bark; adults do not feed•Chlorosis, wilting, and dieback•Many deciduous trees and shrubs•Black vine weevil •Order Coleoptera•Family Curculionidae•Weevil larvae and adults feed•Root and leaf damage•Yews, many other perennials•Rose slug sawfly •Order Hymenoptera•Family Tenthredinidae•Sawfly larvae feed, adults do not feed•Larvae skeletonize upper leaf surface •Roses•Pine needle scale •Order Homoptera•Family Diaspididae•Armored scale, sap sucking•Stunting and dieback •Spruce, pine•Spruce spider mite •Order Acari•Family Tetranychidae•Sucking, spider relatives•Suck out cells•Conifers•White pine weevil •Order Order Coleoptera•Family Curculionidae•Weevil larvae and adults feed•Leader dieback •Pine and spruce•Whitemarked tussock moth •Order Lepidoptera•Family Lymantriidae•Moth larvae feed, adults do not feed •Defoliation •>60 various host