RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Some insects affecting <em>Penstemon</em> seed production
JF Native Plants Journal
JO NATIVE PLANTS JOURNAL
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 107
OP 111
DO 10.3368/npj.13.2.107
VO 13
IS 2
A1 Hammon, Robert
A1 Franklin, Melissa
YR 2012
UL http://npj.uwpress.org/content/13/2/107.abstract
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.