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BIOLOGY OF THE TORTOISE BEETLE, CASSIDA HEMISPHAERICA (COLEOPTERA: CHRYSOMELIDAE), A POSSIBLE BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT FOR BLADDER CAMPION, SILENE CUCUBALUS (CARYOPHYLLACEAE), IN CANADA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

M. G. Maw
M. G. Maw
Affiliation:
Research Station, Agriculture Canada, Regina, Saskatchewan
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Abstract

The biology of Cassida hemisphaerica Hbst. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) is given and its suitability as a biological control agent of bladder campion, Silene cucubalus Wibel, is evaluated. Because its host range includes a number of ornamental plants in the genus Dianthus and the adults will feed on economic plants in the family Chenopodiaceae, introduction of C. hemisphaerica is not at this time justified.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 108 , Issue 9 , September 1976 , pp. 945 - 954
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1976

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