Life History of Acropteroxys Gracilis (Coleoptera: Languriidae) on Common Ragweed in Northeastern Ohio

dc.creator	Piper, Gary L.	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2006-07-07T01:44:07Z
dc.date.available	2006-07-07T01:44:07Z
dc.date.issued	1978-11	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	The Ohio Journal of Science. v78, n6 (November, 1978), 304-309	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0030-0950	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1811/22573
dc.description	Author Institution: Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The life cycle of Acropteroxys gracilis (Newman), a languriid associate of common ragweed, Ambrosia artemisiifolia L., was studied. Adults began appearing in late May and were most abundant during mid-June. A single egg was deposited per stem, usually in the basal third of the stem and the larva tunneled and fed upon the pith. The fully-grown larva overwintered in a state of temperature-induced quiescence within the stem. Pupation usually occurred during early May in the excavated stem. The beetle is univoltine in northeastern Ohio. The egg, larvae, and pupa of A. gracilis are described and/or illustrated for the first time.	en_US
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dc.title	Life History of Acropteroxys Gracilis (Coleoptera: Languriidae) on Common Ragweed in Northeastern Ohio	en_US