Contact Information
505 S. Goodwin Ave
Urbana, IL 61801
Research Interests
Chemical ecology and conservation biological control
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor, Entomology
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Recent Publications
Udayakumar, A., Katz, A. D., Millar, J. G., & Hanks, L. M. (2026). Differentiating between morphologically similar congeneric cerambycid beetle species by comparing cuticular hydrocarbon profiles. Environmental entomology, 55(1), Article nvag005. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvag005
Hanks, L. M., Davis, E. J., McElrath, T. C., Zou, Y., & Millar, J. G. (2025). Dose–response to sex attractants, and flight phenology of click beetle species (Elateridae) native to eastern North America. Environmental entomology, 54(4), 738-746. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvaf066
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