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Biological invasion of the lime leafminer Lithocolletis issikii Kumata (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae): Interaction of the moth with the host plant

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Interrelations between the lime leafminer, Lithocolletis issikii Kumata (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) and the small-leaved linden Tilia cordata Mill. were studied. A significant positive correlation between the number of mines per leaf and the surface areas of individual mines was found. The interaction in the linden-lime leafminer system was found to be active: an increase in the pest density is followed by a significant increase in an individual mine surface area.

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Original Russian Text © I.V. Ermolaev, N.V. Motoshkova, 2008, published in Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 2008, Vol. 87, No. 1, pp. 15–25.

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Ermolaev, I.V., Motoshkova, N.V. Biological invasion of the lime leafminer Lithocolletis issikii Kumata (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae): Interaction of the moth with the host plant. Entmol. Rev. 88, 1–9 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873808010016

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