PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hammon, Robert
AU  - Franklin, Melissa
TI  - Some insects affecting <em>Penstemon</em> seed production
AID  - 10.3368/npj.13.2.107
DP  - 2012 Jun 20
TA  - Native Plants Journal
PG  - 107--111
VI  - 13
IP  - 2
4099  - http://npj.uwpress.org/content/13/2/107.short
4100  - http://npj.uwpress.org/content/13/2/107.full
SO  - NATIVE PLANTS JOURNAL2012 Jun 20; 13
AB  - Beardtongue (Penstemon Schmidel [Scrophulariaceae]) seeds are often produced without apparent damage from pests, but several species of native insects can adversely impact seed production fields. Tarnished plant bug (Lygus lineolaris (Palisot)) and western plant bug (Lygus hesperus Knight [Hemiptera: Miridae]), penstemon weevil (Hesperobaris sp. Casey [Coleoptera: Curculionidae]), penstemon clearwing moth (Penstemonia spp. [Lepidoptera: Sesiidae]), and ebony bug Corimelaena extensa Uhler [Hemiptera: Thyreocoridae]) have all been recorded as pests in penstemon seed production fields in the western US.