Two \u3ci\u3eEntomophthora\u3c/i\u3e Species Associated with Disease Epizootics of the Alfalfa Weevil, \u3ci\u3eHypera Postica\u3c/i\u3e (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), in Ontario [PDF]
, 2017 Recent studies have shown that disease epizootics in Ontario populations of the alfalfa weevil, Hypera postica (Gyllenhal), are caused by a complex of two ...
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Orientation-dependent photonic bandgaps in gold-dust weevil scales and their titania bioreplicates
Beilstein Journal of NanotechnologyThe scales of the gold-dust weevil Hypomeces squamosus are green because of three-dimensional diamond-type chitin–air photonic crystals with an average periodicity of about 430 nm and a chitin fill fraction of about 0.44.
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Frontiers in AgronomyBiological control of insect pests represents a key strategy toward sustainable agriculture. This study, focused on the morphological and molecular identification of the sugarcane weevil, Metamasius hemipterus, (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae), and on the ...
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Insects, 2023 Eucryptorrhynchus scrobiculatus and E. brandti are the main borers of Ailanthus altissima, causing serious economic and ecological losses. The external morphology and internal ultrastructure of the compound eyes of two related weevils were investigated ...
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Development, Survival and Phenology of the Sweetclover Weevil Parasitoid, \u3ci\u3ePygostolus Falcatus\u3c/i\u3e (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) [PDF]
, 2018 Biennial sweetclovers were widely used for soil improvement and as for- ages in the first half of the 1900s. The introduction of the sweetclover weevil, Sitona cylindricollis, caused a drastic decline in sweetclover acreage.
Milbrath, Lindsey R, Weiss, Michael J
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Myosides seriehispidus Roelofs : an Asian weevil new to the United States (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) [PDF]
, 2000 Myosides seriehispidus Roelofs, a small cryptic broadnosed weevil from Japan, is reported as established in the eastern U.S. since at least 1973. This nocturnal weevil has been collected most often from leaflitter using berleses.
O'Brien, Charles W.
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Susceptibility and Injury of Some Hybrid Walnuts by the Butternut Curculio (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) [PDF]
, 2017 The butternut curculio, Conotrachelus juglandis LeConte (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), injures the shoots and nuts of various species and hybrids of Juglans in eastern North America.
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Endosymbiosis morphological reorganization during metamorphosis diverges in weevils
Communicative & Integrative Biology, 2020 Virtually all animals associate with beneficial symbiotic bacteria. Whether and how these associations are modulated across a host’s lifecycle is an important question in disentangling animal-bacteria interactions. We recently reported a case of complete
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Effect on Constant Versus Fluctuating Temperature Regimes on \u3ci\u3eBathyplectes Curculionis\u3c/i\u3e (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Activity [PDF]
, 2017 Individual female Bathyplectes curculionis parasites were exposed to either a series of constant or fluctuating temperature regimes and supplied with a new group of host Hypera postica larvae every day.
Armbrust, E. J +3 more
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Temporal and spatial changes in milfoil distribution and biomass associated with weevils in Fish Lake, WI [PDF]
, 2000 During the course of an eight year monitoring effort, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources documented a significant decline in milfoil biomass and distribution in Fish Lake, Wisconsin. Average milfoil biomass declined by 40- 50% from 374-524
Bozek, Michael A. +3 more
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