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EXPERIMENTS ON THE CONTROL OF THE EUROPEAN SKIPPER, THYMELICUS LINEOLA (LEPIDOPTERA: HESPERIIDAE) BY AERIAL APPLICATION OF A NUCLEAR POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

W. A. Smirnoff ,
J. N. McNeil  and
J. R. Valero
W. A. Smirnoff
Affiliation:
Centre de Recherches forestières des Laurentides, Service Canadien des Forêts, Sainte-Foy, Québec
J. N. McNeil
Affiliation:
Département de Biologie, Université Laval, Sainte-Foy, Québec
J. R. Valero
Affiliation:
Centre de Recherches forestières des Laurentides, Service Canadien des Forêts, Sainte-Foy, Québec
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A natural virus epizootic, caused by a nuclear polyhedrosis virus, was observed in several populations of the European skipper, Thymelicus lineola (Ochs .), at Normandin, Que., in 1974 (Smirnoff 1974). A substantial supply of this virus was collected and experiments were conducted under laboratory and field conditions to evaluate its pathogenicity against the skipper, its possible transmission from one generation to the next, and its potential as a means of control of T. lineola, a serious insect pest of forage crops in several regions of Quebec (McNeil et al. 1975).

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 108 , Issue 11 , November 1976 , pp. 1221 - 1222
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1976

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References

McNeil, J. N., Duchesne, R.-M., and Comeau, A.. 1975. Known distribution of the European skipper, Thymelicus lineola (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae), in Quebec. Can. Ent. 107: 1221–1225.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Smirnoff, W. A. 1974. Une épizootie virale chez l'hespérie européenne; Thymelicus lineola (Ochs.) (Lepidoptères: Hesperiidae), dans la région du Lac St-Jean, Québec. Phytoprotection 55: 135–138.Google Scholar