Talk:Brown-tail moth

Poisonous
Isn't this thing poisonous? Fr0 10:43, 10 September 2007 (UTC)


 * We have on our terasse a great number of them. We live in Lebanon - Middle East - and more precisely in the mountain at 6xx meters above sea level. Should I spray them? and with what? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.188.136.21 (talk) 20:55, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Article now makes clear that the hairs can cause rash and asthma reactions. David notMD (talk) 16:00, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

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Referencing failure
At the start of this major article overhaul, many of the references (existing as un-numbered list, at end) were not in Wikipedia in-line citation format. Working on fixing that. Many of the works cited were old or obscure, could not be found on-line as articles or abstracts, and the information appeared to be covered by newer publications, now incorporated into the article. The most interesting - for historical purposes - was Fernand 1903. This article was found on-line and a citation was created. David notMD (talk) 15:59, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

References deleted from the article's unnumbered list and not incorporated as numbered citations:
 * Saccuman, G. (1963) Contributo alla conoscenza della Euproctis chrysorrhoea L. Bolletino del Laboratorio di Entomologia Agraria "Filippo Silvestri", 21, 271-322.
 * Torossian, C., Torossian, F., Roques, L. (1988) Le bombyx cul brun: Euproctis chrysorrhoea, (1) Cycle biologique-ecologie-nuisibilite. Bulletin de la Societe d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 124, 127-174.
 * Arevalo-Durup, P. (1991) Le nid d'hiver d'Euproctis chrysorrhoea L. (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) comme estimateur de population en milieu forestier. Ph.D. Toulouse: Université Paul Sabatier.
 * Schaefer, P.W. (1974) Population ecology of the browntail moth, Euproctis chrysorrhoea (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). PhD thesis. University of Maine, Orono.
 * Pantyukhov, G.A. (1962) The effect of positive temperatures upon different populations of the brown-tail moth Euproctis chrysorrhoea L. and the gipsy moth Lymantria dispar L.. (Lepidoptera, Orgyidae). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 41, 274-284.
 * Pantyukhov, G.A. (1964) The effect of negative temperatures on populations of the brown-tail moth Euproctis chrysorrhoea L. and the gipsy moth Lymantria dispar L. (Lepidoptera, Orgyidae). Review of applied entomology. Series A, 54, 434-436.
 * Dissescu, G. (1964) On a new method of the forecast of the Brown-Tail Moth. Zoologichesky Zhurnal, 43, 1795-1799.
 * Zeitgamel, Y.S. (1974) Population dynamics of Euproctis chrysorrhoea in the Central-Chernozem State Reservation. Zoologichesky Zhurnal, 53, 292-296.

Needs work
Nominated for Good Article review on July 17th, but work needed on Predation, parasites and diseases section and other sections, including more on extent and impact of this moth in its native range. David notMD (talk) 11:45, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Changed name from "Brown-tail" to "Brown-tail moth" because the old name did not make clear this is an insect. There are redirects for the obvious alternatives (Browntail moth, Browntail, Brown-tail, etc.). David notMD (talk) 19:31, 21 July 2018 (UTC)

Host plants section
Below, the Host plants section at the start of the GA review. Text will be revised, as taken nearly word-or-word from ref Frago 2010. List is problematic, as not in Frago or the ref Frago cited. Looking for other source. If not found, will shorten. David notMD (talk) 02:39, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

This univoltine defoliator feeds on 26 genera of non-resinous trees and shrubs belonging to 13 different families. Considering that it is unusual for an insect to feed on plant species belonging to more than two different families, the polyphagy of this pest is remarkable. Brown-tail moth polyphagy, together with its tendency to reach extreme outbreak densities, makes this species a major pest of hardwood forests, fruit orchards and ornamental trees. Recorded food plants:


 * Acacia
 * Acer – maple
 * Arbutus
 * Amelanchier
 * Arctium – burdock
 * Betula – birch
 * Carya – hickory
 * Castanea – chestnut
 * Cotoneaster
 * Chaenomeles – flowering quince ('Japonica')
 * Crataegus – hawthorn
 * Cydonia – quince
 * Fagus – beech
 * Forsythia
 * Fragaria – strawberry
 * Fraxinus – ash
 * Geranium – cranesbill
 * Gossypium – cotton plant
 * Hippophae – sea-buckthorn
 * Humulus lupulus - hops
 * Juglans – walnut
 * Malus – apple
 * Myrica
 * Parthenocissus – Virginia creeper
 * Plantago – plantain
 * Populus – poplar
 * Prunus
 * Pyrus – pear
 * Quercus – oak
 * Rheum – rhubarb
 * Ribes – currant
 * Robinia
 * Rosa – Rose
 * Rubus – raspberry, etc.
 * Rumex – dock
 * Salix – willow
 * Sambucus – elderberry
 * Sorbus
 * Spiraea
 * Tilia – lime
 * Trifolium – clover
 * Ulmus – elm
 * Viburnum
 * Vitis – grape
 * Weigela
 * Wisteria

Hair
This article repeatedly uses the words "hair" and "hairy" referring to the caterpillar of this moth. Is this proper terminology? I understood that only mammals have hair, and the filaments on insects are properly called "setae". CodeTalker (talk) 06:16, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
 * "Setae" technically correct, but the Wikipedia article Urticating hair supports the use of "hair" as a common-use terminology, and a Google search on "hairy caterpillar" yields almost 500,000 hits. Even the Seta article allows that "...setae may be called hairs..." I suggest the article either be left as is, or else in the Description section, a sentence be added to the effect that invertebrates have seta, plural setae, that can have the appearance of hairs and are commonly described as hairs or bristles. My preference would be for the continued use of "hair" and "hairy" throughout the rest of the article. David notMD (talk) 10:55, 21 August 2018 (UTC)