Oidaematophorus monodactylus (L.) and Bedellia somnulentella (Zeller): two potential biological control agents of hedge bindweed in southwestern Virginia

Oidaematophorus monodactylus (L.) is a plume moth commonly found feeding on hedge bindweed (Convolvulus sepium L.) in southwestern Virginia. Females maintained at 23.9 + 1°C laid an average of 173 eggs, 61% viable, during a 10-day oviposition period. Average larval leaf consumption was 13 cm² at 18....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Parrella, Michael P.
Other Authors: Entomology
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/65066