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THE APANTELES SPECIES (HYMENOPTERA: BRACONIDAE) ATTACKING LEPIDOPTERA IN THE MICRO-HABITAT OF THE SPRUCE BUDWORM (LEPIDOPTERA: TORTRICIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

W. R. M. Mason
W. R. M. Mason
Affiliation:
Biosystematics Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa
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Abstract

Six species of Apanteles (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) that attack microlepidopterous larvae in growing tips of spruce and fir are described, figured, and keyed. They are: A. fumiferanae Vier., A. petrovae Walley, A. absonus Mues., A. renaulti n. sp., A. milleri n. sp., and A. morisi n. sp.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 106 , Issue 10 , October 1974 , pp. 1087 - 1102
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1974

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