Biocontrol research on Brazilian peppertree in Florida discovers new cryptic species
Wednesday, February 6, 2013 - 10:30
in Biology & Nature
Dr Michael Pogue, a Research Entomologist in the ARS Systematic Entomology Laboratory, at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, was sent a series of moth specimens from Bahia, Brazil, for identification. The insects were under consideration as a possible biocontrol agent for the invasive Brazilian peppertree in Florida.