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Notes on the Life-History of the Onion Maggot, Hylemya antiqua (Meig.) (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) Reared in Field Cages

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

J. P. Perron  and
J. Lafrance
J. P. Perron
Affiliation:
Research Laboratory, Research Branch, Canada Department of Agriculture St. Jean, Que.
J. Lafrance
Affiliation:
Research Laboratory, Research Branch, Canada Department of Agriculture St. Jean, Que.
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The onion maggot, Hylemya antiqua (Meig), has three distinct generations a year in Canada (Armstrong 1924, Hammond 1924, Baker 1928, Lafrance and Perron 1959), and usually two generations in England (Miles 1955). In Canada the three generations overlap considerably and adults of each generation are observed in flight in late summer (Perron et al. 1953). It is the most important pest of onions (Matthewman et al. 1950, Hudon and Perron 1956), and the first generation is the most injurious to the onion plants (Kendall 1932, Miles 1953).

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 93 , Issue 2 , February 1961 , pp. 101 - 106
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1961

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