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Determining the instar of mountain pine beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) larvae by the width of their head capsules

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2014

K.P. Bleiker  and
J. Régnière
K.P. Bleiker*
Affiliation:
Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada – Pacific Forestry Centre, 506 West Burnside Road, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8Z 1M5
J. Régnière
Affiliation:
Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada – Laurentian Forestry Centre, 1055 du P.E.P.S., Sainte-Foy Quebec, Canada G1V 4C7
*
1Corresponding author (e-mail: Katherine.Bleiker@nrcan.gc.ca).
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Abstract

Cut-points to distinguish larval instars of the mountain pine beetle (MPB), Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), from the measurement of head-capsule width were determined using a maximum likelihood approach. The cut-points that distinguish the four instars are suitable to classify individual larvae from field populations collected from lodgepole pine Pinus contorta var. latifolia Engelmann (Pinaceae) or jack pine (P. banksiana Lambert)×lodgepole pine hybrids throughout most of the beetle’s current range in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada. The ability to designate the instar of field-collected larvae will facilitate the calibration of phenology and populations models that assess the climatic suitability of habitats and the potential for MPB to continue expanding its range.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 147 , Issue 5 , October 2015 , pp. 635 - 640
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© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada as represented by the Ministry of Natural Resources 2014 

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Subject editor: Jon Sweeney

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