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research article

Control of fabric-feeding Insects by neutralizing vitamins in fibers

authors

Roy J. Pence, University of California, Los Angeles.

publication information

California Agriculture 14(2):12-13. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v014n02p12. February 1960.

Summary

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Clothes moths and carpet beetle larvae—the fabric insects of most economic importance—are dependent for normal development upon vitamins contained in woolen fibers and certain vitamins within the B-complex.

author affiliations

Roy J. Pence is Associate Specialist in Entomology, University of California, Los Angeles.