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Genetic Evidence for the Introduction of Rhagoletis pomonella (Diptera: Tephritidae) into the Northwestern United States.
Journal of economic entomology - 5 Dec 2017
Sim Sheina B, Doellman Meredith M, Hood Glen R, Yee Wee L, Powell Thomas H Q, Schwarz Dietmar, Goughnour Robert B, Egan Scott P, Jean Gilbert St, Smith James J, Arcella Tracy E, Dzurisin Jason D K, Feder Jeffrey L
Abstract excerpt
The apple maggot fly, Rhagoletis pomonella Walsh (Diptera: Tephritidae), is a serious quarantine pest in the apple-growing regions of central Washington and Oregon. The fly is believed to have been introduced into the Pacific Northwest via the transport of larval-infested apples near Portland, Oregon, within the last 40 yr. However, R. pomonella also attacks native black hawthorn, Crataegus douglasii Lindley...
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