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The Life History of a Web-spinning Sawfly of Spruce, Cephalcia fascipennis (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Pamphiliidae)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

D. C. Eidt
D. C. Eidt
Affiliation:
Forest Entomology and Pathology Laboratory, Fredericton, New Brunswick
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Abstract

The larvae of Cephalcia fascipennis (Cress.) feed on spruce and occasionally severely damage ornamental trees or hedges. The life history is described.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 97 , Issue 2 , February 1965 , pp. 148 - 153
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1965

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