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Caloptilia fraxinella (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), a new pest of ash (Oleaceae: Fraxinus spp.) on the Canadian prairies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2012

Gregory R. Pohl*
Affiliation:
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, 5320 – 122 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6H 3S5
Christopher Saunders
Affiliation:
River Valley, Forestry and Environmental Services, Community Services, City of Edmonton, Box 2359, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5J 2R7
William B. Barr
Affiliation:
River Valley, Forestry and Environmental Services, Community Services, City of Edmonton, Box 2359, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5J 2R7
Mark D. Wartenbe
Affiliation:
River Valley, Forestry and Environmental Services, Community Services, City of Edmonton, Box 2359, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5J 2R7
Sherri L. Fownes
Affiliation:
River Valley, Forestry and Environmental Services, Community Services, City of Edmonton, Box 2359, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5J 2R7
*
1Corresponding author (e-mail: gpohl@nrcan.gc.ca).

Extract

In 1999, the leaf roller Caloptilia fraxinella (Ely) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) was noticed for the first time in the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on ornamental green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh. var. subintegerrima (Vahl) Fern.) and black ash (F. nigra Marsh.) (Oleaceae). It has since been found there on Manchurian ash (F. mandshurica Rupr.) and white ash (F. americana L.). Specimens were collected and reared, and vouchers have been deposited in the Canadian Forest Service Arthropod Collection in Edmonton and the Canadian National Collection of Insects (CNC) in Ottawa, Ontario.

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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 2004

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