TL;DR: This new record for Argentina is highly significant given the economic importance of N. pumilio as a timber resource and the potential of O. amphimone to generate extensive outbreaks.
Abstract: Ormiscodes amphimone (Fabricius) is a phytophagous moth species known to severely defoliate woody species in Chile and Argentina. Here we document new records of O. amphimonehost associations emphasizing the role of Nothofagus pumilio as its primary host in our study area. This new record for Argentina is highly significant given the economic importance of N. pumilio as a timber resource and the potential of O. amphimone to generate extensive outbreaks.
TL;DR: Paritsis et al. as discussed by the authors presented a study of Patagonia in the context of the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas and Tecnicas (CNCI) and the Instituto de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente.
Abstract: Fil: Paritsis, Juan. State University Of Colorado - Fort Collins; Estados Unidos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Centro Cientifico Tecnologico Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigacion en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina
TL;DR: Differences in tree-ring growth response to climate between N. pumilio and A. chilensis did not support the use of the latter species as a reliable climatic control in most of the study area, but the alternative procedures were effective in detecting past defoliati...
Abstract: We examined the use of dendroecological techniques for detecting past defoliations caused by Ormiscodes amphimone Fabricius (Saturniidae) in Nothofagus pumilio (Poepp. et Endl.) Krasser forests in ...