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The Bionomics of the Neotropical Cornstalk Borer, Diatraea lineolata, Wlk. (Lep., Pyral.) in Trinidad, B.W.I.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

D. Keith McE Kevan
D. Keith McE Kevan
Affiliation:
Entomology Department, Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture, Trinidad.
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The genus of Pyralid (Crambid) moths to which Diatraea lineolata belongs is one of considerable size, containing fifty-one described species from the New World (Box, 1931, 1935a), and together with the Old World genus Proceras which, according to Tarns (1942), should be regarded as distinct from Diatraea, includes a fairly large number of major pests of cultivated grass crops in both hemispheres, the most notorious being D. saccharalis (sugar-cane moth-borer).

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 35 , Issue 1 , April 1944 , pp. 23 - 30
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1944

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