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A Study of the Gypsy Moth in the Town of Petersham, Massachusetts

• HF-ID: HF1935-01
• Category: Research Files
• Creator:
  • Baker, W. L.
  • Brown, Raymond C.
  • Cline, Albert C.
  • Friend, Roger B.
  • Peirson, Henry B.

• Associated Person:
  • Behre, C. Edward

• Date: 1938
• Location: Petersham MA
• Media: Paper
• Contents:
  • Correspondence, field worksheets, journal articles, newspaper articles. 1 accordion folder.

• Keywords: pathology, disturbance, insects, invasive species
• Abstract:
  • Porthetria dispar [now known as Lymantria dispar] has been recognized as one of the most destructive forest-insect defoliators in the North east.

• Related Items:
  • Gypsy Moth Research Correspondences
  • Gypsy Moth Research Information
  • Gypsy Moth Research Plot Data
  • Publication: A Study of the Gypsy Moth in the Town of Petersham, Massachusetts in 1936

• Archives Location: Middle Room, stack 3, drawer 2
• Access: Active