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The Insect and Mite Fauna of a Scottish Flour Mill

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

K. F. Salmond
K. F. Salmond
Affiliation:
University College, Dundee.*
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Insects and mites collected within the various sections of a combined flour, oatmeal and provender mill are listed. The mill in question is one of the most northerly in Britain. Notes are given on the distribution, abundance and associations, within the mill, of the species recorded. The economic importance of those considered to be pests is assessed.

The three most important pests were found to be Ephestia kuehniella Zell., Gnathocerus cornutus (F.) and Tribolium confusum Duv. It is suggested that Endrosis sarcitrella (L.), Tipnus unicolor (Pill. & Mitt.) and Cryptophagus cellaris (Scop.) might be included in the list of “ hardy ” insects given by Solomon & Adamson (1955) in their paper on the powers of survival of storage and domestic pests under winter conditions in Britain.

Type
Research Paper
Information
Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 47 , Issue 3 , October 1956 , pp. 621 - 630
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1956

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