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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences School of Integrative Biology

Lawrence M Hanks

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Contact Information

320 Morrill Hall
505 S. Goodwin Ave
Urbana, IL 61801

Professor, Entomology

Research Interests

Chemical ecology and conservation biological control 

Additional Campus Affiliations

Professor, Entomology

Recent Publications

Rice, M. E., Millar, J. G., & Hanks, L. M. (2025). Testing multispecies pheromone blends of longhorned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in southern Texas. Environmental entomology, 54(2), 267-273. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvaf022

Arriola, K., Silva, W. D., Hanks, L. M., Meier, L. R., & Millar, J. G. (2024). A Polyketide Male-Produced Aggregation-Sex Pheromone Shared by the North American Cerambycid Beetle Graphisurus fasciatus and the South American Cerambycid Eutrypanus dorsalis. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 50(7-8), 338-350. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-024-01505-x

Halloran, S., Zou, Y., Arriola, K., Roepke, R., Hanks, L. M., & Millar, J. G. (2024). Methionol as an aggregation-sex pheromone of the desert-dwelling beetle Eustromula valida (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Environmental entomology, 53(1), 101-107. Article nvad123. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvad123

Lee, S., Millar, J. G., Hanks, L. M., Spichiger, S. E., Kang, K. S., & Bai, M. (2024). Field trials of pheromone blends of longhorned beetles in South Korea. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 27(1), Article 102175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aspen.2023.102175

Millar, J. G., Williams, L., Serrano, J. M., McElrath, T. C., Zou, Y., Grommes-Yeager, A. C., Schoeppner, E., Huseth, A. S., Kuhar, T. P., Etzler, F. E., & Hanks, L. M. (2024). Identification of sex attractants for 6 North American click beetle species in 4 tribes of the Elateridae. Environmental entomology, 53(6), 973-980. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvae077

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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences School of Integrative Biology

286 Morrill Hall

505 S. Goodwin Ave.

Urbana, IL 61801

217-333-3044

Email: sib@life.illinois.edu

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