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LISTRONOTUS MONTANUS DIETZ (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE) DAMAGING SPRING WHEAT IN MONTANA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Sue L. Blodgett
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA 59717
Patricia M. Denke
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA 59717
Michael A. Ivie
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA 59717
Charles W. O’Brien
Affiliation:
Depamnent of Entomology and Biological Control, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA 32307-2926
Andrew W. Lenssen
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA 59717

Extract

Listronotus montanus (Dietz) is a little known species, distributed in central North America. O'Brien and Wibmer (1982) record its occurrence from Indiana west to Nevada and north to the Prairie Provinces. In Montana, it occurs widely in grasslands east of the Continental Divide (Montana Entomological Collection, unpublished), but is also recorded from Saunders Co. in western Montana (Russell 1968). Nothing has been reported on the biology of this species, but it has been observed on grasses in the Cypress Hills of Alberta (CWOB unpublished). We report the occurrence of this species as a potential pest of small grains.

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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1997

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