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A Field Key to the North American Species of Hylobius (Curculionidae)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

R. J. Finnegan
Affiliation:
Forest Insect Laboratory, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

Extract

There are five known North American species in the genus Hylobius; H. pales (Hbst.), H. congener Dalla Torre, H. pinicola (Couper), H. radicis Buch., and H. warreni Wood. In recent years four of these species have increased considerably in economic importance in central and eastern Canada and the eastern United States; H. pales and H. radicis attacking pines and H. pinicola and H. warreni attacking spruces and pines. H. congener occurs only in small numbers and little is known about its ecology. It is important, therefore, to be able to separate these species readily in the field.

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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1961

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