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A DESCRIPTION OF THE PUPA OF THE PALES WEEVIL, HYLOBIUS PALES, AND A METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING ITS SEX

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

H. A. Thomas
H. A. Thomas
Affiliation:
Forestry Sciences Laboratory, U.S. Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
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Abstract

The pupal stage of the pales weevil, Hylobius pales (Herbst), is described with notes on distinguishing it from the pupa of Pachylobius picivorus Germar, together with a means for sexing pales weevil pupae.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 100 , Issue 4 , April 1968 , pp. 434 - 437
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1968

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