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THE BIOLOGY OF A BIRCH LEAF MINER, MESSA NANA (HYMENOPTERA: TENTHREDINIDAE), NEW TO CANADA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

O. H. Lindquist
Affiliation:
Forest Research Laboratory, Department of Fisheries and Forestry, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
M. J. Thomson
Affiliation:
Forest Research Laboratory, Department of Fisheries and Forestry, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Abstract

Messa nana Klug, a European birch leaf miner which was previously reported in northeastern United States, was recently discovered in southeastern Ontario. Its life cycle and some immature stages are described.

Résumé

Découverte récente d’une Mineuse, Messa nana Klug, s’attaquant aux feuilles de Betula papyrifera Marsh. dans le sud de l’Ontario. Description de son cycle évolutif et de certains stades de son développement.

Type
Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1970

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