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The Eastern North American Subspecies of the Barberry Geometrid (Lepidoptera)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Eugene Munroe
Affiliation:
Systematic Entomology Unit, Entomology Division, Ottawa, Canada

Extract

Until 1951 the Canadian National Collection of Insects lacked specimens of the barberry geometrid, Coryphista meadi (Packard), from Eastern Canada. In that year Mr. W. E. Whitehead, Macdonald College, Que., forwarded for identification two specimens taken in Kings County, N.S., and on learning of the interest of the record he kindly presented them to the National Collection. In 1952 an outbreak of the species in the Ottawa region caused minor damage to ornamental barberry bushes. Several enquiries about the insect were received, and MacKay (in preparation) studied its life-history.

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Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1954

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References

Forbes, Wm. T. M., 1948. Lepidoptera of New York and neighbouring states. Part II. Cornell Univ. Agr. Expt. Sta. Mem. 274.Google Scholar
MacKay, M. In preparation. The egg and larva of Coryphista meadi atlantica Munroe (Lepidoptera: Geometridae).Google Scholar