Geographic Proximity Not a Prerequisite for Invasion: Hawaii Not the Source of California Invasion by Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana)

Daniel Rubinoff; Brenden S. Holland; Michael San Jose; Jerry A. Powell

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016361

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Geographic Proximity Not a Prerequisite for Invasion: Hawaii Not the Source of California Invasion by Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana)

Daniel Rubinoff ,

* E-mail: rubinoff@hawaii.edu

Affiliation Plant and Environment Protection Sciences, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
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Brenden S. Holland,

Affiliation Center for Conservation Research and Training, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
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Michael San Jose,

Affiliation Plant and Environment Protection Sciences, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
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Jerry A. Powell

Affiliation Essig Museum of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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Geographic Proximity Not a Prerequisite for Invasion: Hawaii Not the Source of California Invasion by Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana)

Daniel Rubinoff,
Brenden S. Holland,
Michael San Jose,
Jerry A. Powell

Published: January 27, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016361

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Of moths and maps

Posted by Anekeia on 29 Jan 2011 at 04:57 GMT

LBAM recently has established itself in California,
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While it could be argued that the names New Zealand and Hawaii represent more or less discrete geographies, California is much less so. But in all three cases, the idiom LBAM "established itself" in a politically-circumscribed place attributes kinds of collective purpose and geographical awareness to insects that cannot be demonstrated. The moths are doing what they always do, wherever they are. As far as LBAM are concerned, California, New Zealand and Hawaii apparently lack meaningful distinguishing characteristics.

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