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INSECTS AFFECTING SEED PRODUCTION OF SHORTLEAF PINE IN THE GEORGIA PIEDMONT1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Rudolph T. Franklin  and
Robert N. Coulson
Rudolph T. Franklin
Affiliation:
School of Forest Resources and Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens
Robert N. Coulson
Affiliation:
School of Forest Resources and Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens
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Abstract

Two orders of insects, Lepidoptera and Diptera, are responsible for most of the seed destruction in shortleaf pine in the Georgia Piedmont. The phycitids Dioryctria amatella (Hulst), D. zimmermani (Groté), and D. clarioralis (Walker) were found in approximately equal numbers. A gelechiid, Battaristis vitella (Bsk.), was commonly found in dried cones. Three genera of cecidomyiids, Hyperdiplosis, Lestodiplosis, and Mycodiplosis, were found to inhabit cones and cause considerable damage.

An inquiline nitidulid, Coleopterus truncatus (Rand), commonly occurs in Dioryctria-damaged cones.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 100 , Issue 8 , August 1968 , pp. 807 - 812
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1968

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