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Seed-feeding insects impacting globemallow seed production
- Native Plants Journal
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Volume 13, Number 2, Summer 2012
- pp. 95-97
- Article
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Weevils (Anthonomus sphaeralciae Fall [Coleoptera: Curculionidae]), which attack flowers and developing seeds, can significantly impact globemallow Sphaeralcea spp. A. St.-Hil. (Malvaceae) seed production without a grower even noticing there was insect damage. This weevil damaged almost one-quarter of the flowers in a seed production field in Delta County, Colorado, during 2007.