Dataset documenting prevalence and counts of pine processionary moth tents on local host trees in 3 regions of France with different climatic environments.

ABSTRACT: The pine processionary moth Thaumetopoea pityocampa is a defoliating lepidopter that develops during winter. The larvae are gregarious and bear urticating setae that are harmful to humans and vertebrates. They shelter in conspicuous silk tents that are easy to detect. We here present a dataset comprising tree characterization and tent counts from 3 agglomerations in France located in regions with different climatic environments. The studied trees belong to various conifer species that are potential hosts for the caterpillars. In each site, we defined clusters as one target tree and its 10-62 nearest neighbors, and surveyed each tree within the clusters by informing: tree species, coordinates, size, number of tents. We characterized a total of 3690 trees, including 2009 trees in Orlé

SUBMITTER: Kerdelhue C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10904228 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature