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This study suggests that lack of suitable overwintering sites will not be a limiting factor to the establishment of Aphalara itadori, a classical biological control agent of Fallopia japonica, since it was able to overwinter on a common conifer species as well as non-conifers hosts.
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Clewley et al. (2014) studied this question.
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