Invasive species are the most problem in ecology. Trophic relationships of invasive species are very important for designing methods of pest management and biocontrol. We are researching the adaptation processes in predators proceeding to feed by Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say) in the South Urals. This species is invasive. It has appeared in South Urals 34 years ago. Complex of predators living in potato field is formed since its arrival.
Kitaev K.A., Udalov M.B., Benkovskaya G.V., Choosing predators for biocontrol of Colorado potato beetle in the South Ural // Resistant Pest Management Newsletter. 2011. Vol. 21, No. 1. P 2–3.

We are researching the adaptation processes in predators proceeding to feed by Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say) in the South Urals. This species is invasive. It has appeared in South Urals 34 years ago. Complex of predators living in potato field is formed since its arrival.
Kitaev K.A., Udalov M.B., Benkovskaya G.V., New approaches in investigation of insect predation in the case of invasive species // Sixth International Symposium on Molecular Insect Science. 2-5 October, 2011, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. P1.25.

This paper reviews population studies of the Colorado potato beetle. Data on DNA, chromosomal, protein, and phenetic polymorphism markers are considered. Frequency distributions of mutations for insecticide resistance of the Colorado potato beetle are presented. We have shown that molecular genetic methods can be used to assess the nonspecific resistance of the beetle to insecticides. The issue of whether the Colorado potato beetle is a polytypic species is discussed on the basis of the currently available evidence on its polymorphism.
M. B. Udalov and G. V. Benkovskaya. Population Genetics of the Colorado Potato Beetle: From Genotype to Phenotype // Russian Journal of Genetics: Applied Research, 2011, Vol. 1, No. 4, p. 321–333.

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M.B. Udalov, G.V. Benkovskaya. Polymorphism cox1 gene of Colorado Potato Beetle in South Ural populations // Resistant Pest Management Newsletter. 2010. Vol. 19, No. 2, P. 29 – 32.

This book discusses the settlement history of the Colorado potato beetle (CPB) in the European part of the former USSR territory. Information collected about the appearance of hotbeds of CPB on the territory of South Urals is also presented. The data regarding voltinis, phenological timing of CPB generations developing, kinds of species diapause in the South Urals are discussed. Comparison of the number of particular ontogenetic stages of the Colorado potato beetle on potato plantations is carried out according to the data obtained over an 80 year period, as well as in 2007-2009.
G.V. Benkovskaya, M.B. Udalov. Colorado Potato Beetles Investigations in the South Urals. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. New York. 2011.60 p