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PHENOLOGICAL NOTES ON A NON-MIGRATING POPULATION OF PINEUS FLOCCUS (HOMOPTERA: CHERMIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

R. F. DeBoo
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
J. A. Weidhaas Jr.
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

Extract

Pineus floccus Patch is an occasional pest of ornamental spruces in eastern North America which produces unsightly galls at branch extremities. Damage to the specific alternate host, eastern white pine (Pinus strobus L.), may result in lateral shoot injury similar to that reported for P. pinifoliae (Fitch) by DeBoo, Dimond, and Lowe (1964). However, outbreaks of P. floccus are uncommon, with populations regulated at low levels throughout most of its distribution.

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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1967

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