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BIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF BUD MINING SAWFLIES, PLERONEURA SPP. (HYMENOPTERA: XYELIDAE), ON WHITE FIR IN THE CENTRAL SIERRA NEVADA OF CALIFORNIA: II. LARVAL DISTRIBUTION WITHIN TREE CROWNS1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

C. P. Ohmart
Affiliation:
Division of Biological Control, Department of Entomological Sciences, University of California, Berkeley 94720
D. L. Dahlsten
Affiliation:
Division of Biological Control, Department of Entomological Sciences, University of California, Berkeley 94720

Abstract

The within crown distribution of three species of Pleroneura and their food source (active buds) was determined on white fir trees 5–30 ft tall. Over 90% of all active buds and 94% of all infested buds occur in the outer half of the crown. Over 50% of the total active and infested buds occur in the middle third of the crown. Percentage infestation within the crown increases from bottom to top. Percentage infestation per tree decreases as tree size increases.

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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1978

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