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A NEW HYPOSOTER (HYMENOPTERA: ICHNEUMONIDAE) FROM ORGYIA PSEUDOTSUGATA (MCD.) (LEPIDOPTERA: LYMANTRIIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Torolf R. Torgersen
Torolf R. Torgersen
Affiliation:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forestry and Range Sciences Laboratory, La Grande, Oregon, USA 97850
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Abstract

A new species of Hyposoter Foerster from western North America is described based on features of the adult, final-instar cephalic structure, cocoon, and biology. Hyposoter masoni n. sp. is a common parasite of the Douglas-fir tussock moth, Orgyia pseudotsugata.

Résumé

On décrit une nouvelle espèce de Hyposoter Foerster, en provenance de l'ouest de l'Amérique du Nord, d'après des caractères de l'adulte, la structure céphalique du dernier stade, le cocon et la biologie. Hyposoter masoni n. sp. est un parasite commun de la chenille à houppes du Douglas, Orgyia pseudotsuga.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 117 , Issue 8 , August 1985 , pp. 941 - 947
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1985

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