NOTES ON THE LIFE-HISTORIES OF ACROSTERNUM-HILARE AND COSMOPEPLA-BIMACULATA (HETEROPTERA, PENTATOMIDAE) IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

Authors
MCPHERSON JE TECIC DL
Citation
Je. Mcpherson et Dl. Tecic, NOTES ON THE LIFE-HISTORIES OF ACROSTERNUM-HILARE AND COSMOPEPLA-BIMACULATA (HETEROPTERA, PENTATOMIDAE) IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Great Lakes entomologist, 30(3), 1997, pp. 79-84
Citations number
19
Journal title
Great Lakes entomologist → ACNP
ISSN journal
00900222
Volume
30
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
79 - 84
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-0222(1997)30:3<79:NOTLOA>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
The life histories of Acrosternum hilare and Cosmopepla bimaculata wer e studied in southern Illinois from May 1972 to September 1974 and fro m September 1992 to June 1995. Both species were bivoltine, overwinter ed as adults, and became active in early spring. The subsequent genera tions were characterized by marked overlapping of the nymphal instars. No active adults were found after early November.