Conifer swift
id:
conifer-swift-198-12144050
title:
Conifer swift
text:
The conifer swift moth is a swift moth considered a forest pest in eastern and central North America, from Canada south to North Carolina. Larvae feed primarily on roots of evergreen trees, and are weakly polyphagous, able to survive on deciduous trees but preferring balsam fir and red spruce. They penetrate bark, but lesions on roots are shallow. These wounds may, however, provide easy entry for pathogenic fungi and nematodes. K. gracilis has been shown to reduce survival on saplings, but adult
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Species of moth
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conifer_swift
date created:
date modified:
2023-10-18T13:57:45Z
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image:
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fields total:
13
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15