About the Authors

Dimitrios N. Avtzis

Contributed equally to this work with: Dimitrios N. Avtzis, Vangelis Doudoumis

dimitrios.avtzis@fri.gr

Affiliation Laboratory of Forest Entomology, Forest Research Institute, Hellenic Agricultural Organization “Demeter”, Vassilika Thessaloniki, Greece

Vangelis Doudoumis

Contributed equally to this work with: Dimitrios N. Avtzis, Vangelis Doudoumis

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Management, University of Patras, Agrinio, Greece

Kostas Bourtzis

Affiliations Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Management, University of Patras, Agrinio, Greece, Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

Dr. Kostas Bourtzis is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DNA VD KB. Performed the experiments: DNA VD. Analyzed the data: DNA VD KB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DNA VD. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: DNA VD.