The Week

Abstract (Outline)

Background Info:

• Leafminers are an invasive that can damage commercial crops 

• More from Europe then Asia in North America

• Ornamental trees with leafmines are not aesthetically pleasing

• Poorly studied

• S. multispicata only recently described (2014)

Statement of need

• Not much information on S. multispicata 

• How many species of elm have this leafminer infected

Proposal objective

• Document S. multispicata feeding on elm's other than Siberian

• Add to the scientific community's knowledge base about this invasive

General Strategy

• Randomly select Elm trees to sample based on location and species

• ID Leaf miner activity (on tree and surrounding vegetation)

• Collect samples (Infected or not)

• Determine the species of leafminer 

• Correlation?

Significance

• Our research may add to the data on this species of leafminer

• is this species becoming a generalist ( not feeding/breading on specific species)