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NOTES ON THE MORPHOLOGY, LIFE HISTORY, AND ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF SMICRONYX UTILIS BUCHANAN. (COLEOPTERA, CURCULIONIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

J. G. Rempel  and
Wm. Shevkenek
J. G. Rempel
Affiliation:
Regina College, Regina, Sask., and Dominion Experimental Substation, Regina
Wm. Shevkenek
Affiliation:
Regina College, Regina, Sask., and Dominion Experimental Substation, Regina
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Smicronyx utilis is a small curculionid beetle which in Saskatchewan breeds in the seeds of Iva axillaris Pursh., or poverty weed. The weed is a native perennial found from the Saskatchewan-Manitoba border to British Columbia and south to Mexico. Although not as prevalent as some of the other bad weeds, it is one of the most persistent and one of the most difficult to eradicate. Owing to the fact that, in Saskatchewan, the percentage of infestation in well-developed seeds is very high, the plant appears to spread by rootstocks only. This facilitates eradication considerably.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 73 , Issue 6 , June 1941 , pp. 100 - 104
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1941

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