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AN ANNOTATED LIST OF INSECTS ASSOCIATED WITH CANADA THISTLE (CIRSIUM ARVENSE) IN CANADA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

M. G. Maw
M. G. Maw
Affiliation:
Research Station, Agriculture Canada, Regina, Saskatchewan
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Abstract

As part of the biological control of Canada thistle, Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop., in Canada, a survey of the insect fauna showed 80 identified or apparent phytophagous species representing 24 families and seven orders and 47 species of visitors, insect parasites, and predators representing 28 families and six orders. Thirty-eight per cent of the phytophagous insects attack economic plants. Three species, Altica carduorum, Ceutorhynchus litura, and Urophora cardui, are specific to C. arvense and were introduced as control agents.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 108 , Issue 3 , March 1976 , pp. 235 - 244
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1976

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