Hostname: page-component-77c89778f8-cnmwb Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-07-23T01:58:41.010Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Oviposition of the Red-Headed Pine Sawfly, Neodiprion lecontei (Fitch)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

K. J. Griffiths
K. J. Griffiths
Affiliation:
Forest Insect Laboratory, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Extract

The oviposition behaviour of Neodiprion sawflies has been the subject of much investigation in recent years. The impetus for this interest seems to lie in the paper by Atwood and Peck (1943), in which it was suggested that the number and spacing of eggs on needles were a useful tool for the identification of memhers of this important group of conifer defoliators. Ghent (1955) has analysed the egg clusters of N. pratti banksianae Roh., and Ghent and Wallace (1958) have investigated the behaviour responsible for the pairing of eggs on adjacent jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb. ) needles by N. swainei Midd. More recently, Ghent (1959) has presented a study of the factors determining the spacing of eggs by the European pine sawfly, N. sertifer (Geoff.). Of these, the 1955 and 1959 papers, in addition to making valuable contributions to our understanding of the behaviour of adults, cast doubt on the usefulness of the number and spacing of eggs as identifying characters in these species.

Type
Articles
Information
The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 92 , Issue 6 , June 1960 , pp. 430 - 435
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1960

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Atwood, C. E., and Peck, O.. 1943. Some native sawflies of the genus Neodiprion attacking pines in eastern Canada. Can. J. Research (D) 21: 109–144.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Benjamin, D. M. 1955. The biology and ecology of the red-headed pine sawfly. U.S. Dept. Agr. Tech. Bul. 1118.Google Scholar
Ghent, A. W. 1955. Oviposition behaviour of the jack-pine sawfly, Neodiprion americanus banksianae Roh., as indicated by an analysis of egg clusters. Can. Ent. 87: 229–238.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ghent, A. W. 1959. Row-type oviposition in Neodiprion sawflies as exemplified by the European pine sawfly, N. sertifer (Geoff.). Can. J. Zool. 37: 267–281.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ghent, A. W., and Wallace, D. R.. 1958. Oviposition behavior of the Swaine jack-pine sawfly. Forest Sci. 4: 262–272.Google Scholar
Griffiths, K. J. 1958. Host tree preferences of adults of Neodiprion lecontei (Fitch). Can. Dept. Agr. Div. For. Biol. Bi-mon. Prog. Rept. 14 (5).Google Scholar
Ross, H. H. 1955. The taxonomy and evolution of the sawfly genus Neodiprion. Forest Sci. 1: 196–209.Google Scholar