Biology, ecology, and control of elaterid beetles in agricultural land

M Traugott, CM Benefer, RP Blackshaw… - Annual review of …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Wireworms, the larvae of click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae), have had a centuries-long
role as major soil insect pests worldwide. With insecticidal control options dwindling …

Pest elaterids of North America: new insights and opportunities for management

A Rashed, WG van Herk - Annual Review of Entomology, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The larval stages of click beetle (Coleoptera: Elateridae) species, several of which are
serious agricultural pests, are called wireworms. Their cryptic subterranean habitat …

Alternative strategies for controlling wireworms in field crops: A review

S Poggi, R Le Cointe, J Lehmhus, M Plantegenest… - Agriculture, 2021 - mdpi.com
Wireworms, the soil-dwelling larvae of click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae), comprise major
pests of several crops worldwide, including maize and potatoes. The current trend towards …

Lessons from a museum's cabinet: DNA barcoding and collections-based life stage associations reveals a hidden diversity in the Puerto Rican bank paedomorphic …

VS Ferreira, MA Ivie - Insect Systematics and Diversity, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The Leptolycini are a group of Lycidae endemic to the West Indies. Leptolycini adult females
have been hypothesized to be extreme paedomorphic (ie, larviform), however, females and …

Integrated pest management of wireworms (Coleoptera: Elateridae) and the rhizosphere in agroecosystems

A Nikoukar, A Rashed - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The name 'wireworm'refers to the subterranean larvae of click beetle
(Coleoptera: Elateridae) species, of which several are serious pests of a wide range of …

DNA barcodes for bio-surveillance: regulated and economically important arthropod plant pests

M Ashfaq, PDN Hebert - Genome, 2016 - cdnsciencepub.com
Many of the arthropod species that are important pests of agriculture and forestry are
impossible to discriminate morphologically throughout all of their life stages. Some cannot …

Wireworm (Coleoptera: Elateridae) genomic analysis reveals putative cryptic species, population structure, and adaptation to pest control

KR Andrews, A Gerritsen, A Rashed… - Communications …, 2020 - nature.com
The larvae of click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae), known as “wireworms,” are agricultural
pests that pose a substantial economic threat worldwide. We produced one of the first …

Effects of environmental and agronomic factors on soil-dwelling pest communities in cereal crops

I Milosavljević, AD Esser, DW Crowder - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2016 - Elsevier
Characterizing the composition of pest communities across variable cropping landscapes is
critical for developing integrated management programs due to variation across species in …

Limoniic Acid - Major Component of the Sex Pheromones of the Click Beetles Limonius canus and L. californicus

R Gries, SK Alamsetti, WG van Herk, HA Catton… - Journal of Chemical …, 2021 - Springer
Wireworms, the larvae of click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae), are soil-dwelling insect
pests inflicting major economic damage on many types of agricultural crops worldwide. The …

Pulse crops: pest management of wireworms and cutworms in the Northern Great Plains of United States and Canada

JJ Knodel, G Shrestha - Annals of the Entomological Society of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Wireworms (Coleoptera: Elateridae) and cutworms (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) are
significant soil insect pests of pulse crops including chickpea (garbanzo bean)(Cicer …