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TWO VIRUSES FROM WESTERN FALSE HEMLOCK LOOPER, NEPYTIA FREEMANI (LEPIDOPTERA: GEOMETRIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Jean Percy
Affiliation:
Forest Pest Management Institute, Canadian Forestry Service, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario P6A 5M7
J. C. Cunningham
Affiliation:
Forest Pest Management Institute, Canadian Forestry Service, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario P6A 5M7
J. M. Burke
Affiliation:
Forest Pest Management Institute, Canadian Forestry Service, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario P6A 5M7
I. S. Otvos
Affiliation:
Pacific Forest Research Centre, Canadian Forestry Service, Victoria, British Columbia V8Z 1M5

Extract

Western false hemlock looper, Nepytia freemani Munroe, is a cyclical pest in British Columbia which defoliates mainly Douglas-fir, Pseudotsugata menziesii (Mirb.) Franco, often near residential areas. Outbreaks were recorded from 1947 to 1949, 1963 to 1964, and 1972 to 1976; the current outbreak started in 1980 and, in 1982, covered 1,100 ha near Tappen, Canoe, Enderby, and Carquile (Ferris and Woensdregt 1983).

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Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1983

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