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ADULT SURVIVORSHIP, FECUNDITY, AND FACTORS AFFECTING LABORATORY OVIPOSITION OF PISSODES NEMORENSIS (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Mark S. Fontaine  and
John L. Foltz
Mark S. Fontaine
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA 32611
John L. Foltz*
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA 32611
*
1 Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
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The deodar weevil, Pissodes nemorensis Germar, is a vector and wounding agent associated with pitch canker fungus, Fusarium moniliforme Sheld. var. subglutinans Wr. & Reink., in the southeastern United States (Blakeslee et al. 1981). This univoltine weevil breeds in southern pines that have been stressed by factors such as fire, lightning, or mechanical injury (Baker 1972). The adults feed on phloem after chewing through the outer bark. Females deposit eggs in some of these feeding pits and then plug the hole with macerated phloem (Atkinson 1979). Larvae tunnel under the bark and feed on phloem as they develop.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 117 , Issue 12 , December 1985 , pp. 1575 - 1578
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1985

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