Could natural selection change the geographic range limits of light brown apple moth (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) in North America?

By

Morey, Amy
Venette, Robert C.
Hutchison, William

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013

Original Publication

NeoBiota : advancing research on alien species and biological invasions

Volume

18

Pages

151-156

Subjects

cold hardiness , Epiphyas postvittana , freeze tolerance , NAPPFAST , pest risk maps

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sophia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.18.5288

 

Abstract

We artificially selected for increased freeze tolerance in the invasive light brown apple moth. Our results suggest that, by not accounting for adaptation to cold, current models of potential geographic distributions could underestimate the areas at risk of exposure to this species.