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EVIDENCE FOR SEXUAL ATTRACTION BY THE TWOLINED CHESTNUT BORER, AGRILUS BILINEATUS (WEBER) (COLEOPTERA: BUPRESTIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

James P. Dunn  and
Daniel A. Potter
James P. Dunn
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA40546
Daniel A. Potter
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA40546
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In the eastern deciduous forests of North America, oaks (Quercus spp.) that have been weakened by stress are often attacked and killed by the twolined chestnut borer, Agrilus bilineatus (Weber) (Dunn et al. 1986a). This borer attacks stressed and dying trees but does not attack healthy or dead trees (Haack and Benjamin 1982; Dunn et al. 1986a, 1987).

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 120 , Issue 11 , November 1988 , pp. 1037 - 1039
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1988

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