Chapter 37. William B. Showers. 1979. Effect of diapause on the migration of the European corn borer into the Southeastern United States. Pages 420-430. In: R. L. Rabb, G. G. Kennedy (editors). Movement of Highly Mobile Insects: Concepts and Methodology in Research. Proceedings of a Conference,

“Movement of Selected Species of Lepidoptera in the Southeastern United States,” Raleigh, North Carolina, April 9-11, 1979.

Keywords: corn borer numbers of generations expected and observed, temperature degree-units for development, ecotypes from 1 to 3 or more generations, populations in the Southeastern US probably originate in Massachusetts but southward migration is interrupted by summer diapause