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Insects Affecting Seed Production in Red Pine: III. Eucosma monitorana Heinrich, Laspeyresia toreuta Groté (Lepidoptera: Olethreutidae), Rubsaamenia sp. (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), and Other Insects1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

L. A. Lyons
L. A. Lyons
Affiliation:
Forest Insect Laboratory, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
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This paper describes the seasonal history and habits of the less important red pine cone insects, and presents notes on the predators, scavengers, and other insects that commonly inhabit infested cones. During 1950-1954, Eucosma monitorana Hein., Laspeyresia toreuta Groté, and Rubsaamenia sp. were rarely as abundant as the cone beetle, Conophthorus resinosae Hopk., (10) or Dioryctria spp. (11), although they contributed significantly to seed loss. Owing to the scarcity of these insects, some of the life history details remain incomplete.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 89 , Issue 4 , April 1957 , pp. 150 - 164
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1957

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