Editorial Type:
Article Category: Research Article
| Online Publication Date: 01 Oct 1994
Winter Oviposition of the Azalea Lace Bug (Hemiptera: Tingidae) in North Carolina
Winter Oviposition of the Azalea Lace Bug (Hemiptera: Tingidae) in North Carolina
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Adult azalea lace bugs survived the winters of 1990–91, 1991–92, and 1992–93 in central North Carolina. Females were capable of winter oviposition under both laboratory and field conditions. Two life-stages, egg and adult, commonly overwinter in North Carolina.
Keywords:
Stephanitis pyrioides
; azalea lace bug; oviposition; overwintering
Copyright: © 1994 Georgia Entomological Society, Inc.
Contributor Notes
2Entomology Department, NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695.
Accepted: 19 Jul 1994