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Flight Activity, Oviposition Pit Distribution, and Emergence Densities of Monochamus titillator and M. carolinensis in the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest in Arkansas
<p>Monochamus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) are a genus of longhorn beetles commonly known as pine sawyers. They have a worldwide distribution coincident with pines (Pinaceae) and are vectors of the pinewood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus). In the United States, there are eight known Monochamus …
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Studies of the mechanisms involved in host finding and mating behaviour of the African coffee white stem borer, Monochamus leuconotus (pascoe) (Cleoptera: Cerambycidae)
The African coffee white stem borer, Monochamus leuconotus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) is a serious pest of Arabica coffee in Zimbabwe and other African countries. Very was known about the chemical ecology of M. leuconotus prior to the initiation of the studies described in this thesis. The …
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Assessing the effects of ecosystem disturbance on two insect vectors of pine wilt disease in the southern Rocky Mountains
… are biotic and more spatially heterogeneous. Monochamus beetles are disturbance specialists, colonizing recently burned or stressed trees, and are important vectors of pine wilt disease, a lethal vascular wilt of conifers caused by the pinewood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus). Although …