Life history and ecology of Plagithmysus bilineatus, an endemic Hawaiian borer associated with Ohia Lehua (Myrtaceae)
- Author:
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Papp, Richard P., Samuelson, G. A.
- Title:
- Life history and ecology of Plagithmysus bilineatus, an endemic Hawaiian borer associated with Ohia Lehua (Myrtaceae)
- Periodical:
- Annals of the Entomological Society of America
- Year:
- 1981
- Volume:
- 74
- Pages:
- 387-391
- Subject:
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Metrosideros collina
Ohia-lehua
Insects
- Summary:
- Plagithmysus bilineatus Sharp, known as the ohia lehua, is an endemic Hawaiian cerambycid that is restricted to the island of Hawaii, and to a single host tree -- the Metrosideros collina (Forst.) Gray subsp. polymorpha (Gaud.) rock. The most abundant native forest tree in the Hawaiian Islands, the ohia lehua is notable because it may be found in a variety of climatic systems and altitudinal ranges that exist from lowland rain forests to tree lines that are located on the higher volcanoes such as Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea. On the island of Hawaii, this tree is the predominant element in the rain forests that are located on the windward slopes -- forests that have been undergoing serious decline over the past decade. As a result, the P. bilineatus has been intensively studied to determine its role in ohia forest decline with biological and ecological information being reported here.
- Label:
- Insects
- Collection:
- Periodicals