Abstract:Despite the broad host range of Lycorma delicatula, the performance of this invasive pest on non-Ailanthus host plant species is difficult to document realistically without using field conditions given this pest’s requirements for vast amounts of phloem. In spring 2020, we examined the performance of L. delicatula with and without access to Ailanthus altissima by tracking development, survival, host tree association and oviposition in large enclosures planted with one each of Juglans nigra, Salix babylonica an… Show more
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