Christina Hoddle
Christina Hoddle
Assistant Specialist
Phone: (951) 827-4360
Fax: (951) 827-3086
christina.hoddle@ucr.edu
Christina has collaborated with the Hoddle laboratory since 2004. Christina has dedicated her research efforts towards biological control and invasive species with an emphasis on crop pests. She has been involved in a variety of international projects sponsored by various granting agencies, private institutions, and commodity boards. An example of these finished and on-going projects include: hunting for bean thrips in Australia (Funded: Citrus Research Board-CRB), identification and production of pheromone for avocado seed moth (Stenoma catenifer) in Guatemala and Peru (Funded: CA Avocado Commission), searching for Asian citrus psyllid parasitoids in Pakistan (Funded: CDFA/CRB), monitoring Rodolia cardinalis populations on the Galapagos Islands and assessing the impact of this biocontrol agent on the cottony cushion scale, Icerya purchasi (Funded: Various Donors), red palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus and R. vulneratus) flight activity in Saudi Arabia (Funded: King Faisal University) and genetic analyses throughout southeast Asia (Funded: CDFA).
Since December 2011, she has been in charge of releasing and monitoring Tamarixia radiata, a biological control agent of Asian citrus psyllid (Diaphorina citri) in urban areas of Southern California. This ongoing project has proven to be extremely successful and parasites have been detected 5-7 miles beyond their release points. These efforts will continue through 2013 with funding from the CDFA and the Citrus Research Board.
Degrees
M.S. Entomology (2004), University of California Riverside, CA
B.S. Environmental Biology (2000), California State University Northridge, CA
Publications
1. Hoddle, M. S., Hoddle, C.D. (2011) Evaluation of three trapping strategies for Red Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera:Curculionidae) in the Philippines. Pak. Entomol., 33(2): 77-80.
2. Calderón Alvarez, C., Causton, C.E., Hoddle, M.S., Hoddle, C.D., vanDriesche, R., Stanek, E.J. (2011) Monitoring the effects of Rodolia cardinalis on Icerya purchasi populations on the Galapagos Islands. BioControl.
3. Hoddle, M.S., Millar J.G., Hoddle C.D., Zou Y., McElfresh J.S., and Lesch S.M. (2011). Field optimization of the sex pheromone of Stenoma catenifer (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae): evaluation of lure types, trap height, male flight distances, and number of traps needed per avocado orchard for detection. Bulletin of Entomological Research 101: 145-152.
4. Hoddle, M.S., Millar, J.G., Hoddle, C.D., Zou, Y., and McElfresh, J.S. (2009). Synthesis and field evaluation of the sex pheromone of Stenoma catenifer (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae). Environmental Entomology 102: 1460-1467.
5. O'Brochta, D.A., Stosic, C.D., Pilitt, K., Subramanian R.A., Hice, R.H, Atkinson, P.W. (2009). Transpositionally active episomal hAT elements. BMC Molecular Biology 2009, 10:108.
6. Hoddle, M.S., Mottern, J.L., and Hoddle, C.D. (2009). Observations on Asphondylia websteri (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Infesting Hass Avocados in Guatemala. Florida Entomologist 92(4):673-674.
7. Hoddle, M. S. and Hoddle, C.D. (2008). Aspects of the field ecology of Stenoma catenifer (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae) infesting Hass avocados in Guatemala. Florida Entomologist 91: 693-694.
8. Hoddle, M. S. and Hoddle, C.D. (2008). Bioecology of Stenoma catenifer (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae) and associated larval parasitoids reared from Hass avocados in Guatemala. Journal of Economic Entomology 101: 692-698.
9. Millar, J. G., Hoddle, M. S., McElfresh, J. S., Zou, Y. and Hoddle, C. (2008). (9Z)-9,13-Tetradecadien-11-ynal,the sex pheromone of the avocado seed moth, Stenoma catenifer. Tetrahedron Letters 49: 4820-4823.
10. Hoddle, M. S., Hoddle, C.D. and Mound, L. A. (2008). Inventory of Thysanoptera collected from French Polynesia. Pacific Science 62: 509-515.
11. Hoddle, M.S. and Hoddle, C.D. (2008). Lepidoptera and associated parasitoids attacking Hass and non-Hass avocados in Guatemala. Journal of Economic Entomology 101: 1310-1316.
12. Hoddle, M.S., Stosic, C.D., and Mound L.A. (2006). Populations of North American bean thrips, Caliothrips fasciatus (Pergande) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae: Panchaetothripinae) not detected in Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology 45: 122-129.
13. Holtzman, D.A., Stosic, C.D., and Wyatt, J. (2002). Field use of a local anesthetic, Lidocaine Hydrochloride, for radio-transmitter implantation in Boa constrictor imperator. Herpetological Review 33: 189-192.