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Life-histories and Habits of the Clover Mite, Bryobia praetiosa Koch, and the Brown Mite, B. arborea M. & A., in British Columbia (Acarina: Tetranychidae)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

N. H. Anderson  and
C. V. G. Morgan
N. H. Anderson
Affiliation:
Entomology Laboratory, Summerland, B.C.
C. V. G. Morgan
Affiliation:
Entomology Laboratory, Summerland, B.C.
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Bryobia praetiosa Koch (1836) was formerly regarded as a complex of closely related species or races similar in morphological characters but varying widely in life-history, host plant specificity, and habits. The authors (30) have recently shown that two species, the clover mite, B. praetiosa Koch, and the brown mite, B. arborea Morgan and Anderson, can be distinguished in British Columbia on the basis of morphological characters. This paper presents ecological data in support of the morphological evidence.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 90 , Issue 1 , January 1958 , pp. 23 - 42
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1958

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