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Observations on Laspeyresia fletcherana (Kearfott) (Lepidoptera: Olethreutidae) in Montana

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Robert E. Denton  and
Harold R. Dodge
Robert E. Denton
Affiliation:
Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture Ogden, Utah
Harold R. Dodge
Affiliation:
Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture Ogden, Utah
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In November 1958 a Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca (Beissn.) Franco) Christmas tree was received at the Missoula Forest Insect Laboratory with a note that it was infested with an insect that might be causing “Christmas-tree blight.” This term is commonly used by the trade to refer to any condition of foliage that might affect salability or price of Christmas trees. Several types of foliage-feeding insects, as well as fungi or poor site conditions, may cause “blighted” or discolored needles; however, on this tree the infestation proved to be caterpillars tunneling in the bark.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 94 , Issue 1 , January 1962 , pp. 102 - 105
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1962

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