caa a22 4500 606161805 CHVBK 20210128100636.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10526-015-9657-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10526-015-9657-4 The influence of temperature on the flight capacity of emerald ash borer Agrilus planipennis and its parasitoid, Tetrastichus planipennisi [Elektronische Daten] implications to biological control [Samuel Fahrner, Jonathan Lelito, Brian Aukema] The success of classical biological control programs often hinges on an appropriate climatic match between a novel ecosystem and an imported natural enemy. In particular, temperature is the most important factor mediating survival, developmental synchrony, and dispersal of invasive pests and their natural enemies. We used computer-monitored flight mills to investigate the roles of temperature and humidity in the flight distance, flight speed, number of flights, and post-flight mortality of emerald ash borer Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) and its parasitoid Tetrastichus planipennisi Yang (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in laboratory settings. Flight distance had a concave, parabolic relationship with temperature for both insects. Maximum flight distances in 24h occurred at 27.9°C (1.13km) for emerald ash borer and 26.5°C (1.81km) for T. planipennisi. Flight speed and post-flight mortality increased with temperature for both insects. Relative humidity was inversely related to flight speeds for emerald ash borer, but positively correlated with the number of flights and post-flight survival by T. planipennisi. We integrated the relationship between flight distance and temperature for both insects with landscape temperatures and flight periods for insects at ten locations across the continental USA to develop a flight index. The flight index offers a relative scale of flight capacity across locations based solely on temperature. We found that the flight index for Detroit was intermediate to low compared to other locations, with the smallest and largest flight indices projected in Minneapolis and Seattle for emerald ash borer and Seattle and Atlanta for T. planipennisi. The implications of results for host-parasitoid dispersal patterns and release protocols for distributing T. planipennisi are discussed. International Organization for Biological Control (IOBC), 2015 Coleoptera: Buprestidae nationallicence Hymenoptera: Eulophidae nationallicence Dispersal nationallicence Host-parasitoid interactions nationallicence Fahrner Samuel Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, 1980 Folwell Avenue, 55108, Saint Paul, MN, USA aut Lelito Jonathan USDA APHIS PPQ, Emerald Ash Borer--Biological Control, 5936 Ford Court Suite 200, 48116, Brighton, MI, USA aut Aukema Brian Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, 1980 Folwell Avenue, 55108, Saint Paul, MN, USA aut BioControl Springer Netherlands 60/4(2015-08-01), 437-449 1386-6141 60:4<437 2015 60 10526 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-015-9657-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-015-9657-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fahrner Samuel Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, 1980 Folwell Avenue, 55108, Saint Paul, MN, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lelito Jonathan USDA APHIS PPQ, Emerald Ash Borer--Biological Control, 5936 Ford Court Suite 200, 48116, Brighton, MI, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Aukema Brian Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, 1980 Folwell Avenue, 55108, Saint Paul, MN, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- BioControl Springer Netherlands 60/4(2015-08-01), 437-449 1386-6141 60:4<437 2015 60 10526