Field and laboratory studies were conducted to identify potential resistance among crape myrtles, Lagerstroemia spp., to Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica Newman and to flea beetles, Altica spp. Damage ratings revealed variation among cultivars in susceptibility to beetle feeding. Cultivars with Lagerstroemia fauriei Koehne in their parentage exhibited the least amount of damage in choice and ...

Chinese privet, Ligustrum sinense Lour., is a perennial semi-evergreen shrub that is a serious invasive weed in the United States. Classical biological control offers the best hope for controlling it in an economic, effective, and persistent way. Host specificity of one of the most promising biological control agents of Chinese privet, a flea beetle, Argopistes tsekooni Chen (Coleoptera: Chryso...

fleas are the most common and important external parasites worldwide and also serves as vectors of various pathogens for humans and animals. the study aimed to determine the prevalence of pulex irritants in sheep herds and residential areas of villages in kurdsitan province, iran. a total of 2,900 sheep were randomly selected from 48 flocks and 630 residential areas of 18 villages from november...

The New Caledonian endemic weevil genus Hellerenius is revised, with three new species described: H. monteithi, H. plumipes, and H. tibialis. A new genus Archellerenius is proposed for Archellerenius giustoi n. sp. Diagnoses, a key and distribution maps are provided for all species. Association of Hellerenius with the plant genus Hedycarya (Monimiaceae) is confirned.