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NOTES ON THE BIOLOGY AND HABITS OF INSECT PARASITES ASSOCIATED WITH EUCOSMA RESCISSORIANA (LEPIDOPTERA: OLETHREUTIDAE) IN NORTHERN IDAHO1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Richard A. Goyer
Affiliation:
College of Forestry, Wildlife and Range Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow
John A. Schenk
Affiliation:
College of Forestry, Wildlife and Range Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow

Abstract

Notes on the biology and habits of 12 parasitic insects associated with Eucosma rescissoriana Heinrich in western white pine, Pinus monticola Douglas, cones in northern Idaho are presented. Descriptive notes on the immature stages of three important parasite species. Chelonus petrovae McComb (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), Apanteles starki Mason (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), and Psalidopteryx psilocorsiphaga Brooks (Diptera: Tachinidae) also are included. Correlations between the life stages of these three parasite species are made with phenological events in the host tree and associated plants at two of the four study plots.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1970

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