An Investigation of the Cone and Seed Insects of Whitebark Pine and Alpine Larch Emphasizing the Western Conifer Seed Bug (Hemiptera: Coreidae) and the Larch Cone Fly (Diptera: Anthomyiidae)
Laboratory and field feeding tests with Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann proved that both immature and mature seed bugs can use cones and foliage of whitebark pine, Pinus albicaulis Engelmann, as a food source for 1- to 2-week periods. Damage to unprotected whitebark pine cones by seed bugs range...
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DigitalCommons@USU
2000
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| Online Access: | https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7298 https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=8395&context=etd |