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LIFE HISTORY AND HABITS OF A LEAF TIER, AROGA ARGUTIOLA (LEPIDOPTERA: GELECHIIDAE), ON SWEET FERN IN MICHIGAN

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Louis F. Wilson
Louis F. Wilson
Affiliation:
USDA Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station, East Lansing, Michigan1
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Abstract

Aroga argutiola is univoltine in Michigan. The adult emerges in late May and oviposits on sweet fern (Myrica aspleniifolia L.). There are six larval instars. The larva constructs a nest by tying leaves together, and then feeding on the leaves in and adjacent to the nest. The last instar overwinters on the ground in a cocoon. The pupa appears in May.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 106 , Issue 9 , September 1974 , pp. 991 - 994
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1974

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