Scientific Note: Update on the establishment of birch leafminer parasitoids in western Canada

Authors

  • Chris Macquarrie Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Great Lakes Forestry Centre
  • Daryl J. Williams Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Northern Forestry Centre
  • David W. Langor Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Northern Forestry Centre

Keywords:

birch leaf miners, biological control

Abstract

submitted as scientific note, no abstract.

References

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Digweed, S. C., C. J. K. MacQuarrie, D. W. Langor, D. J. M. Williams, J. R. Spence, K. L. Nystrom, and L. Morneau. 2009. Current status of exotic birch-leafmining sawflies (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) in Canada, with keys to species. Can. Entomol. 141: 201–235.

Digweed, S. C., R. L. McQueen, J. R. Spence, and D. W. Langor. 2003. Biological control of the ambermarked birch leafminer, Profenusa thomsoni (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae), in Alberta. Information Report NOR-X-389, NRCan CFS, Northern Forestry Centre, Edmonton, AB.

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2014-05-27

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Vol. 110 (2013): Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia

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Scientific Notes

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