Distribution of two European wireworms, <i>Agriotes lineatus</i> and <i>A. obscurus</i> in British Columbia

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  • Bob Vernon Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Agassiz, BC V0M 1A0
  • Peeter Pats Nordic Academy for Advanced Study Nedre Vollgate 8 N-0158 Oslo

Abstract

We determined the distribution of two European wireworms, Agriotes lineatus and A. obscurus, in the Fraser Valley of BC. Agriotes obscurus is now present in farmland between Delta and Laidlaw, and the range of A. lineatus has expanded from Vancouver Island to the lower Fraser Valley between Delta and Vancouver. The first record of A. obscurus in Washington State was made in Lynden in 1997.

Key words: Wireworms; Elateridae; Agriotes lineatus; A. obscurus

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Vol. 94 (1997): Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia

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