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The Larvae and Pupae of some important Lepidoptera

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

J. R. Williams
J. R. Williams
Affiliation:
Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, Mauritius.
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The larvae and pupae of the following Lepidoptera, all of which are of economic importance in Mauritius and most of them elsewhere also, are described:—

The Agrotids, Sesamia calamistis Hamps. and S. inferens (Wlk.); the Crambids, Proceras sacchariphagus Boj. and P. indicus Kapur (larva only); and the Olethreutids, Argyroploce schistaceana (Snell.), A. leucotreta Meyr., Cryptophlebia peltastica (Meyr.) and C. williamsi Bradley.

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Original Articles
Information
Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 43 , Issue 4 , January 1953 , pp. 691 - 701
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1953

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