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A DESCRIPTION OF THE PUPA OF THE PALES WEEVIL, HYLOBIUS PALES, AND A METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING ITS SEX

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

H. A. Thomas
Affiliation:
Forestry Sciences Laboratory, U.S. Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

Abstract

The pupal stage of the pales weevil, Hylobius pales (Herbst), is described with notes on distinguishing it from the pupa of Pachylobius picivorus Germar, together with a means for sexing pales weevil pupae.

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Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1968

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