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NEWSLETTER of the Michigan Entomological Society Is Published As Four Numbers Yearly, at Irregular Intervals NEWSLETT ER of the MICHIGAN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY Volume 29, Number 3 & 4 November 22, 1984 A Poplar Tentmaker Outbreak in Michigan by Gregory L. Reighard and Gregory J. Kowalewski The poplar tentmaker Clostera inclusa HUbner, and population density regulate the population is a multivol tine moth that lays its eggs on dynamics of this insect is a barrier to pre­ the undersides of the leaves of trees of dicting the conditions that make poplar plan­ Salicaceae (Baker 1972, Oliveria 1978). The tations susceptible to a PTM outbreak. The PTM larvae, which live in webbed-leaf tents, are has not yet been seen in hybrid poplar plantings gregarious and feed nocturnally on the foliage or aspen stands in northern Lower Michigan of various poplar and willow species. This (W. Mattson, L. Moore, and J. Witter, personal notodontid is uncommon in Michigan even though communication) where the poplar and aspen Baker (1972) lists its native range as resources is heavily used by the Michigan wood extending to southern Ontario. Only two adults products industry. (both from Berrien County) are in the Notodontidae collection of the Zoology Museum at Michigan State University. Sherman Moore's (1955) annotated list of Michigan moths gives records for this insect in Berrien, Newaygo, Oakland, Washtenaw, and Wayne counties. Collections of C. inclusa have also been made in Cass and St.-Joseph counties (M. C. Nielsen and D. C. L. Gosling , personal communication). The collection records indicate that the insect is endemic to southern Michigan. The poplar tentmaker (PTM ) has recently emerged as a serious pest of cott onwood plan­ tations in the Gulf States . Stein and Oliveria (1979) r eported t hat prior to 1977, no record of complete defo l iation of a single cottonwood tree had been found in the Lower Mississippi River Delta. However , in 1977 approximately 20,000 acres of cottonwood plantations were defoliated by this insect. During the 1978 outbreak, aerial surveillance along the Mississippi River located pockets of defo­ liation as far north as Cairo, Illinois (F. L. OLiveria, personal communication). The future PTM defoliation - note tent on top. planting of hybr id poplar in Michigan for wood fiber production increases the risk of a PTM In September 1982, however, a PTM infesta­ infes t ation developing in southern Lower t ion was discovered in a five-month~old, aspen Michigan. The lack of scientific information plantation in Cass County. Michigan about 13 km concerning how climat e, parasites, food supply, (Continued on page 8) The NEWSLETTER of the Michigan Entomological Society is published as four numbers yearly, at irregular intervals . Please send all notes, news, new insect records, research requests, notices, season summaries, membership inquiries, etc. to the Executive Secretary, Michigan Ento­ mological Society, Dept. of Entomology, Michigan State Univers i ty, East Lansing, Michigan 48824. Officers of M.E.S. FOR SALE: Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Band 1 to 27 (1950-1976) -­ Abstracts of Entomology, vol. 1-14 (1972-1983) President . Dave Evans complete except for cumulative index (available President-Elect . Dave Cowen only for 1972-1973). BEST OFFER. Rev. Carlo Immediate Past President Gary Dunn Brivio, 17400 Quincy, Detroit, MI 48221, Executive Secretary . Mo Nielsen phone (313) 342-4066. Member-at-Large (1982-85) Fred Stehr RESEARCH NOTICE: To those participating in the Member-at-Large (1983-86) Glenn Belyea Sesiidae pheromone Project, if you have caught Member-at-Large (1984-87) Gary Simmons anything interesting wirh the pheromone Journal Editor . Dave Gosling please notify me at your convenience. I can be Newsletter Editor . Louis Wilson reached evenings at (312) 237-0543 or write to Associat~ Newsletter Editor George Heaton Dr. John Holoyda, 2819 N. Marmora, Chicago, IL 60634. (long run) HANTED: data and/or specimens of Michigan carahid beetles (including Cicindelinae) for Notices a state faunal study aimed at studying the distributions, seasona activity and ecological (Notices will bl? run for a year or 4 nwribers requirements of all species. Collections of of the Newsletter unless notified to drop undetermined material will be accepted for them. Members desiring longer runs should making or verifying determinations. Contact notif.~ newsletter editor, L. F. Wilson, Dept. Gary A. Dunn, Department of Entomology, Michi­ of Forestry, Michigan State University, 48824) gan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824. EXCHANGE: Wish to exchange specimens of WANTED: Data on Michigan butterflies for use Nearctic Cicindelidae (and Carabidae). Also, in a new publication on the butterflies of correspondence welcomed from those interested Michigan. Doubtful specimens can be forwarded in these groups. I am interested in records, for determination or confirmation. Especially label data and other information of Cicindela interested in Lycaenidae and Hesperiidae rec­ spp., especially hirticollis. Write: Gary A. ords. Contact M. C. Nielsen, 3415 Overlea Dunn, Department of Entomology, Michigan State Dr., LanSing, MI 48917 (517-321-2192). Univ., East LanSing, MI 48824. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: A number of Michigan 4-H WANTED: Correspondence with anyone interested Entomology clubs are in need of technical in exchanging ants (need not be determined) support and gui dance from experienced entomolo­ from outside of Michigan for Michigan insects gists. Your hel p is needed to lead field (ants or others). Write to: Ronald Merchant, 4334 W. Holt Road, Holt MI 48842. activities, help at leader workshops, judge collections at the fair, and provide helpful hints to club members. If you are interested WANTED: Collecting data on Hichigan in helping a 4-H club, please contact me and I Formicidae. Prefer county, township, range, will attempt to match you up with the nearest and section, but county only acceptable. These club. data will be used in compiling a county list. Along similar lines, the Teen International Send data to: Ronald Merchant, 4334 W. Holt Entomology Group (TIEG), which is based at Road, Holt, MI 48842. Michigan State University in East Lansing, is in need of both long and short articles on any ~NTED: Studies on the Comparative Ethology of entomology-related topic. Digger Wasps of the Genus Bembix by Evans; If you are interested in helping either of Beetles of the Pacific Northwest by Hatch these organizations, contact Gary A. Dunn, (5 vol.); Biology of the Leaf Miners by Department of Entomology, Michigan State Hering; The Ecology of Plant Galls by Mani. University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1115. Write stating condition and price to John E. Holzbach, 229 Maywood Drive, Youngstown, Ohio, RESEARCH REQUEST: The f ollowi ng Lepidoptera, 44512. (long run) Noctuidae, are becoming pests of corn: Hy draecia immanus Guenee, ~. micacea Esper, and Oligia EXCHANGE: I'm working on Noctuidae (Orbis fractilinea (Grote). I have no Michigan r ecords terrarum) and would like to exchange Noctuidae of the first t wo, but t hey should be present in of all nearctic species for Old World Michigan . The l ast i s an "old fashioned" pest Lasiocampidae (nearly all Eur.opean species of gras ses and should be fairly common in possible) . The Noctuidae are for scientific collections . Would you please check your use. They can be damaged, but they have to be collections and, if you find specimens, let me complete, especi al ly the genitalia, legs, and know the s pecies, l ocality, date, host, and sex? antennae. If interested, write to Hermann R. F. Ruppel , De partment of Entomology, Mich­ Hacker, Dipl.-Forsting, Gries 38, 8621 igan State Un iversi ty, East Lansing, Mi chigan Ebensfeld, West Germany. 48824. (next page) 2 FOR SALE: Insect Pins; Std. Black, Elephant, for a book about fireflies. If anyone has Stainless Steel, Minutens and Laber Pins. information please write: Charlene W. Sizes 000 thru 7 available. For complete list Billing's, 39 Coburn Ave., Nashua, NH 03063, write: Ianni Butterfly Enterprises, P. O. Box or call (603) 889-2070. 81171, Cleveland, Ohio, 44181. 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Fascinating and most Meeting of the Society can still purchase a interesting representatives of the beetle "Gallery" pen imprinted with, "Michigan family. Fantastic color & b/w illustrations of Entomological Society 30th Annual Meeting many rare and extraordinary species. ($21.50 Kellogg Biological Station". Send $1.50 for postpaid). The Dictionary of Butterflies and mailing to the Executive Secretary, c/o Dept. Moths, Lathwait, Watson & Whalley, 405 color of Entomology, MSU, East Lansing, MI 48824. photographs representing over 1000 species in If you also want a new M.E.S. decal, send this A-Z Dictionary that is chock full of facts $2.00. such as size, habitat, etc. An excellent addi­ tion to any library. Send $19.50 (postpaid) to Ianni Butterfly Enterprises, P. O. Box 81171, Cleveland, Ohio, 44181. Insect Faces FOR SALE: Malaise Traps. Design with proven with Many Graces superior efficiency, as described and figured by Townes In Entomological News (83 : 239-247). 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