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A BIOLOGICAL STUDY OF NEPTICULA MACROCARPAE (LEPIDOPTERA: NEPTICULIDAE) ON OAK IN ONTARIO

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

O. H. Lindquist
Affiliation:
Forest Research Laboratory, Canadian Forestry Service, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
A. A. Harnden
Affiliation:
Forest Research Laboratory, Canadian Forestry Service, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Abstract

Nepticula macrocarpae Freeman, a recently described leaf miner on oak in southern Ontario, is bivoltine, and overwinters as a cocooned larva on the ground. The immature stages are described and nine species of chalcid parasites are listed.

Résumé

Une Mineuse récemment décrité, Nepticula macrocarpae Freeman, infeste les feuilles de Chênes dans le sud de l’Ontario. Elle est bivoltine et elle hiverne sous forme de larve en cocon dans le sol. Description des oeufs et des formes juvéniles, et énumération de neuf Chalcididés y associés.

Type
Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1970

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References

Freeman, T. N. 1967. A new species of Nepticula on bur oak in Ontario (Nepticulidae). J. Res. Lepid. 6(1): 1921.CrossRefGoogle Scholar