The life history of Dasypyga alternosquamella Ragonot (Pyralidae) feeding on the Southwestern dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium vaginatum) in Colorado

Kailen A. Mooney

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The life history of Dasypyga alternosquamella Ragonot (Pyralidae) feeding on the Southwestern dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium vaginatum) in Colorado

Formally Refereed

Authors:

Kailen A. Mooney

Year:

2001

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 55(4): 140-143.

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Abstract

The immature stages, feeding and oviposition behaviors, patterns of larval abundance, and associated arthropod fauna of Dasypyga alternosquarnella Ragonot (Pyralidae) on Arceuthobiurn vaginatum susp. cryptopodum (Hawks.), the Southwestern dwarf mistletoe, are described and illustrated. The study was conducted at the Manitou Experimental Forest, U.S.D.A. Rocky Mountain Research Station, Woodland Park, Colorado, where the Southwestern dwarf mistletoe parasitizes Pinus ponderosa (Laws.) scopulorum.

Keywords

biological control, herbivory, Phycitinae, Prornylea lunigerella, Blue Hairstreak

Citation

Mooney, Kailen A. 2001. The life history of Dasypyga alternosquamella Ragonot (Pyralidae) feeding on the Southwestern dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium vaginatum) in Colorado. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 55(4): 140-143.