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A NOTE ON THE OCCURRENCE OF COLEOPHORA FRISCHELLA (LEPIDOPTERA: COLEOPHORIDAE) IN NORTH AMERICA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

P. G. Pilley
Affiliation:
Forest Research Laboratory, Canada Department of Forestry and Rural Development, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
R. A. Trieselmann
Affiliation:
Forest Research Laboratory, Canada Department of Forestry and Rural Development, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Extract

The first record of the occurrence in North America of the white-tipped clover case-moth, Coleophora frischella L., was made in June 1966 when a single adult was taken by Heinemann on Picton Island, N.Y., in the St. Lawrence River (Freeman, personal communication). Independently, Trieselmann collected the larvae from white sweet-clover, Melilotus alba Desr., on 28 July through to 8 August 1966 at many points around Pembroke, Ont. Detailed examinations made at two of the collection points indicated that between 15 and 20% of sweetclover seeds were damaged. Because of its potential economic significance, the authors wish to make the presence of this species known to agricultural entomologists in Canada and the United States.

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Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1967

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