Lawrence M. Hanks

Lawrence M. Hanks received the Ph.D. degree in 1991 from the Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park. He was an Assistant Professor of entomology, from 1996 to 2003, at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and since 2003, he is an Associate Professor of entomology, at the same university. He received Recognition Award in Urban Entomology, Entomological Society of America North-Central Branch, March 2000, National Recognition Award in Urban Entomology, Entomological Society of America, December 2000. He was awarded designation as Helen Corley Petit Scholar based on record at promotion review, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, UIUC, December 2002. List of Teachers Ranked him as Excellent, UIUC, for course Introduction to Entomology, Fall 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004; and course Fundamentals of Insect Pest Management, Fall 2005. He was rated “outstanding” for Introduction to Entomology, Fall 2005. He advised 10 graduate students of Master’s degrees and 2 Ph.D.'s completed; currently 7 graduate students. He reviewed 59 scientific journals and was proposed 12 granting agencies. He had research featured in 68 programs and articles by media agencies (radio, television, newspapers) during last five years. He had 77 scientific publications in refereed journals.

Biography Updated on 19 November 2007

Personal Home Page

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Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. Using Generic Pheromone Lures to Expedite Identification of Aggregation Pheromones for the Cerambycid Beetles Xylotrechus nauticus, Phymatodes lecontei, and Neoclytus modestus modestus
    Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 889–907, 2007
  2. Calling Behavior of the Cerambycid Beetle Neoclytus acuminatus acuminatus (F.)
    Journal of Insect Behavior, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 117–128, 2007
  3. Host defensive response against an egg parasitoid involves cellular encapsulation and melanization
    Biological Control, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 214–222, 2007
  4. Male-produced aggregation pheromone of the cerambycid beetle Neoclytus mucronatus mucronatus
    Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, vol. 122, no. 2, pp. 171–179, 2007
  5. Floral Host Plants of Syrphidae and Tachinidae (Diptera) of Central Illinois
    Annals of the Entomological Society of America, vol. 99, no. 1, p. 96, 2006
  6. First Documentation of a Volatile Sex Pheromone in a Longhorned Beetle (Coleoptera: Cerambyicidae) of the Primitive Subfamily Prioninae
    Annals of the Entomological Society of America, vol. 99, no. 4, p. 718, 2006
  7. Influence of floral resource plants on control of an armored scale pest by the parasitoid Encarsia citrina (Craw.) (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae)
    Biological Control, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 320–328, 2006
  8. Calling Behavior in the Primitive Longhorned Beetle Prionus californicus Mots.
    Journal of Insect Behavior, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 623–629, 2006
  9. (Z)-9-Nonacosene—Major Component of the Contact Sex Pheromone of the Beetle Megacyllene caryae
    Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 435–451, 2006
  10. The Role of Contact Pheromones in Mate Location and Recognition in Xylotrechus colonus
    Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 31, no. 6, pp. 1443–1444, 2005
  11. ROLE OF HOST PLANT VOLATILES IN MATE LOCATION FOR THREE SPECIES OF LONGHORNED BEETLES
    Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 213–217, 2005
  12. Plant volatiles are behavioral cues for adult females of the gall wasp Antistrophus rufus
    Chemoecology, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 85–88, 2005
  13. Manipulating the abundance of natural enemies in ornamental landscapes with floral resource plants
    Biological Control, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 203–216, 2005
  14. Conservation biological control in urban landscapes: Manipulating parasitoids of bagworm (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) with flowering forbs
    Biological Control, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 99–107, 2005
  15. Influence of the larval environment on performance and adult body size of the wood-boring beetle Phoracantha semipunctata
    Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, vol. 114, no. 1, pp. 25–34, 2005
  16. Aerial dispersal and host plant selection by neonate Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis (Lepidoptera: Psychidae)
    Ecological Entomology, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 327–335, 2004
  17. Impact of prescribed burning on endophytic insect communities of prairie perennials (Asteraceae: Silphium spp.)
    Biodiversity and Conservation, vol. 13, no. 10, pp. 1875–1888, 2004
  18. Endophytic insect communities of two prairie perennials (Asteraceae: Silphium spp.)
    Biodiversity and Conservation, vol. 13, no. 13, pp. 2551–2566, 2004
  19. Stereochemistry of Host Plant Monoterpenes as Mate Location Cues for the Gall Wasp Antistrophus rufus
    Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 473–477, 2004
  20. Male-Produced Aggregation Pheromone of the Cerambycid Beetle Neoclytus acuminatus acuminatus
    Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 30, no. 8, pp. 1493–1507, 2004
  21. Susceptibility of Asian longhorned beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis (Motchulsky) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) to entomopathogenic nematodes
    Biological Control, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 430–438, 2004
  22. Effect of variation in host size on sex ratio, size, and survival of Syngaster lepidus, a parasitoid of Eucalyptus longhorned beetles (Phoracantha spp.): II
    Biological Control, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 374–381, 2004
  23. (Z)-9-Pentacosene ? contact sex pheromone of the locust borer, Megacyllene robiniae
    Chemoecology, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 135–141, 2003
  24. Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 533–545, 2003
  25. Journal of Insect Behavior, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 181–187, 2003
  26. Altered host plant volatiles are proxies for sex pheromones in the gall wasp Antistrophus rufus
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 99, no. 24, pp. 15486–15491, 2002
  27. Methods for rearing Syngaster lepidus and Jarra phoracantha (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), larval parasitoids of the phloem-colonizing longhorned beetles Phoracantha semipunctata and P. recurva (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
    Bulletin of Entomological Research, vol. 92, no. 2, pp. 141–146, 2002
  28. Journal of Insect Behavior, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 811–830, 2002
  29. The effect of host size on the sex ratio of Syngaster lepidus, a parasitoid of Eucalyptus longhorned borers (Phoracantha spp.)
    Biological Control, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 207–213, 2002
  30. Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 1037–1043, 2002
  31. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, vol. 98, no. 2, pp. 157–163, 2001
  32. Infectivity of Four Species of Nematodes (Rhabditoidea: Steinernematidae, Heterorhabditidae) to the Asian Longhorn Beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis (Motchulsky) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
    Biocontrol Science and Technology, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 547–552, 2001
  33. Patterns of Host Utilization by Two Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Eucalyptus Longhorned Borer (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
    Biological Control, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 152–159, 2001
  34. Suitability of the Eggs of Two Species of Eucalyptus Longhorned Borers (Phoracantha recurva and P. semipunctata) as Hosts for the Encyrtid Parasitoid Avetianella longoi
    Biological Control, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 95–104, 2000
  35. Resource Partitioning among Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Phoracantha semipunctata in Their Native Range
    Biological Control, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 223–231, 2000
  36. Classical Biological Control of the Australian Weevil Gonipterus scutellatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in California
    Environmental Entomology, vol. 29, no. 2, p. 369, 2000
  37. Flowering Plant Hosts of Adult Hymenopteran Parasitoids of Central Illinois
    Annals of the Entomological Society of America, vol. 93, no. 3, p. 580, 2000
  38. INFLUENCE OF THE LARVAL HOST PLANT ON REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGIES OF CERAMBYCID BEETLES
    Annual Review of Entomology, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 483–505, 1999
  39. Water relations of host trees and resistance to the phloem-boring beetle Phoracantha semipunctata F. (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
    Oecologia, vol. 119, no. 3, pp. 400–407, 1999
  40. Body size influences mating success of the Eucalyptus longhorned borer (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
    Journal of Insect Behavior, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 369–382, 1996
  41. Mating behavior of the eucalyptus longhorned borer (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) and the adaptive significance of long “horns”
    Journal of Insect Behavior, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 383–393, 1996
  42. Variation amongEucalyptus species in resistance to eucalyptus longhorned borer in Southern California
    Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, vol. 74, no. 2, pp. 185–194, 1995
  43. Local Adaptation in the Armored Scale Insect Pseudaulacaspis Pentagona (Homoptera: Diaspididae)
    Ecology, vol. 75, no. 8, p. 2301, 1994
  44. Natural Enemies and Plant Water Relations Influence the Distribution of an Armored Scale Insect
    Ecology, vol. 74, no. 4, p. 1081, 1993