Accumulation of Fungal Pathogens Infecting the Invasive Spotted Lanternfly, <i>Lycorma delicatula</i>.

ABSTRACT: In the eastern United States, populations of the invasive spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula, are abundant and spreading. Four species of naturally occurring entomopathogenic fungi have previously been reported as infecting these planthoppers, with two of these causing epizootics. Nymphal- and adult-stage lanternflies in Pennsylvania and New York were surveyed for entomopathogenic fungal infections from October 2021 to November 2023, and assays were conducted to confirm the pathogenicity of species that were potentially pathogenic. Beauveria bassiana was the most abundant pathogen, but we report an additional 15 previously unreported species of entomopathogenic fungi infecting spotted lanternflies, all in the order Hypocreales (Ascomycota). The next most common pathogens

SUBMITTER: Hajek AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10871119 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature