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Notes on the Biology of three Tenthredinid (Hym.) Pests of the Guava

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Louis Pyenson
Affiliation:
State Institute of Agriculture, Farmingdale, New York.

Extract

The adults of the Gregarious Guava Sawfly are relatively sluggish insects and can be readily captured on foliage (Pyenson 1938 b). They lay their eggs in single rows embedded in the tissue of the tips of young green twigs or along the midribs on the underside of the younger leaves.

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Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1940

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References

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