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THE EUROPEAN YELLOW UNDERWING, NOCTUA PRONUBA L. (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE), IN THE ATLANTIC PROVINCES (CANADA) AND THE STATE OF MAINE (USA)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Barry Wright
Barry Wright
Affiliation:
Nova Scotia Museum, 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6
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Abstract

Noctua pronuba L. is now abundant in central Nova Scotia and has become established throughout the province, on Sable Island, Prince Edward Island, and in Newfoundland. Sporadic records indicate that this species has become established in New Brunswick and is spreading into Maine. Light-trap records illustrate the rapid population increase in Nova Scotia and the spread throughout the Atlantic Provinces.

Résumé

La Noctua pronuba L. est maintenant devenue abondante au centre de la Nouvelle-Ecosse et s’est implantée partout dans cette province, sur l’île au Sable et l’île du Prince-Edouard, et à Terre-Neuve. D’après des rapports sporadiques il paraît que cette espèce s’est également implantée au Nouveau-Brunswick et qu’elle commence à envahir l’état de Maine. Des éléments recensés des pièges lumineux démontrent l’augmentation rapide de cette population en Nouvelle-Ecosse ainsi que sa présence partout dans les Provinces Atlantiques.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 119 , Issue 11 , November 1987 , pp. 993 - 997
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1987

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