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THE LEAF-MINING WEEVIL OF YELLOW-POPLAR

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Denver P. Burns
Affiliation:
Forest Insect and Disease Laboratory, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Delaware, Ohio
Lester P. Gibson
Affiliation:
Forest Insect and Disease Laboratory, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Delaware, Ohio

Abstract

The known distribution, biology, and life cycle of the yellow-poplar leaf-mining weevil Odontopus calceatus (Say) are presented. Illustrations of mature larva, larval head capsule, and pupa, and the damage to the leaves of yellow poplar, are given.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1968

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