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We studied a Nearctic flower bud-feeding insect pest, Anthonomus musculus Say (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) cranberry weevil, to determine whether a combination of adult host plant finding ability and feeding preferences for host plants account for weevil distribution on host plant species. A. musculus feeds on as many as 12 native, ericaceous plant species. In addition, it is an economic pest on two native agricultural crops in two different regions of the eastern United States: Vaccinium corymbosum L. (Ericaceae), high bush blueberry in New Jersey, and Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait., large cranberry in Massachusetts. However, at any one time during the growing season, adult weevils are distributed on several host plant species.
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Mechaber, W.L., Chew, F.S. (1992). Aggregation in a flower bud-feeding weevil. In: Menken, S.B.J., Visser, J.H., Harrewijn, P. (eds) Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships. Series Entomologica, vol 49. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1654-1_34
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