Sphinx moth pollinators for the endangered western prairie fringed orchid, Platanthera praeclara in Manitoba, Canada

Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-20

  Westwood, A Richard ^a   Borkowsky, Christie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

H. gallii; P. praeclara; Pollination; Pollinia; S. drupiferarum; Sphingidae

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; MOTH; POLLINATOR;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA;

HEXAPODA; HYLES GALLII; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; ORCHIDACEAE; PLATANTHERA; PLATANTHERA PRAECLARA; SPHINGIDAE; SPHINX DRUPIFERARUM;

EID: 2442685247     PISSN: 00240966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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