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Some Aspects of the Life History and Ecology of the Pitch Nodule Maker, Petrova albicapitana (Busck) (Lepidoptera-Olethreutidae)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

W. J. Turnock
W. J. Turnock
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Forest Biology, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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The widespread presence of the pitch nodule maker in pine plantations and jack-pine regeneration in Manitoba and Saskatchewan stimulated this investigation. Although this insect is not causing serious damage at present it could become a problem should the area of pine plantations be increased in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 85 , Issue 7 , July 1953 , pp. 233 - 243
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1953

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