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THE BIOLOGIES OF PSEUDOHYLESINUS TSUGAE AND P. GRANDIS (COLEOPTERA: SCOLYTIDAE) IN WESTERN HEMLOCK

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

J. H. McGhehey
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Oregon State University, Corvallis
W. P. Nagel
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Oregon State University, Corvallis

Abstract

The life histories of Pseudohylesinus tsugae Swaine and P. grandis Swaine were investigated in young coastal stands of western hemlock. Both P. tsugae and P. grandis had one generation a year with two broods and four larval instars. P. grandis usually overwintered as a teneral adult and P. tsugae as a fourth instar larva. Within thinned stands P. tsugae preferred fresh stumps for breeding material, whereas P. grandis preferred fresh slash. The adult females of both species fed in the inner-bark region of standing, live host trees before initiating egg galleries in slash or stumps.

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Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1969

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