Calosoma (Coleoptera: Carabidae) biological control introductions to Hawaiʻi: Taxonomic ignorance and confusion lead to an unexpected result

From 1897 until 1957, beetles of the genus Calosoma L. (Coleoptera: Carabidae) were repeatedly introduced to the Hawaiian Islands as predators of nutgrass armyworm, Spodoptera exempta (Walker), armyworm, Mythimna unipuncta (Haworth), and lawn armyworm, Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval). Through examin...

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Main Authors: James K. Liebherr, Janis N. Matsunaga, Ann E. Hajek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-01-01
Series:Biological Control
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1049964423002517
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