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OBSERVATIONS ON BIOLOGY AND NATURAL CONTROL OF THE ORANGEHUMPED MAPLEWORM, SYMMERISTA LEUCITYS (LEPIDOPTERA: NOTODONTIDAE), IN NEW YORK

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Douglas C. Allen
Douglas C. Allen
Affiliation:
State University College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York 13210
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Abstract

The life stages, feeding habits, and some aspects of natural control of Symmerista leucitys Franclemont, a univoltine defoliator of sugar maple, are described.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 111 , Issue 6 , June 1979 , pp. 703 - 708
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1979

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