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Summary of life history and hosts of the spruce budworm

Informally Refereed

Abstract

My purpose is to provide background information on the spruce budworms and point out some insect-host interaction relationships that have been noted by others. These and other interactions will be discussed in more detail in the papers that follow.

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Citation

Talerico, Robert L. 1983. Summary of life history and hosts of the spruce budworm. In: Talerico, Robert L.; Montgomery, Michael, tech. Coords. Proceedings, forest defoliator--host interactions: A comparison between gypsy moth and spruce budworms; 1983 April 5-7; New Haven, CT. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-85. Broomall, PA: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experimental Station: 1-4.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/56193