A new lepidopteran insect pest discovered on commercially grown Eucalyptus nitens in South Africa

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 26-28

  Gebeyehu, Solomon ^a   Hurley, Brett P ^a   Wingfield, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEST SPECIES;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

COSSIDAE; EUCALYPTUS NITENS; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 19944420454     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Hinze W.H.F. (1993). Silviculture of pines. In Forestry Handbook. Pretoria, ed. H.A van der Sijde, pp. 38-48. Southern African Institute of Forestry, South Africa.
2. Poynton R.J. (1979). Tree Planting in Southern Africa. Vol. 2. The eucalypts. Department of Forestry, Pretoria.
3. Tooke F.G.C. (1955). The eucalyptus snout-beetle, Gonipterus scutellatus Gyll. A study of its ecology and control by biological means. Entomology Memoirs, vol. 3. Department of Agriculture. Government Printer, Pretoria.
4. Clarke A.R., Paterson S. and Pennington P. (1998). Gonipterus scutellatus Gyllenhal (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) oviposition on seven naturally co-occurring Eucalyptus species. For. Ecol. Manage. 110, 89-99.
5. Petty F.W. (1917). The Quince Borer and its Control. Department of Agriculture, bulletin no. 2. Pretoria.
6. Meyer A.J. (1965). A histological study of the alimentary canal and associated structures in the larva of Coryphodema tristis Drury, (Lepidoptera.). M.Sc. thesis, University of Stellenbosch.
7. Kroon D.M. (1999). Lepidoptera of Southern Africa. Lepidopterists' Society of Southern Africa, Jukskei Park.
8. Pinhey E.C.G. (1975). Moths of Southern Africa. Tafelberg, Cape Town.
9. Scholtz C.H. and Holm E. (1985). Insects of Southern Africa. University of Pretoria.
10. Pecker M., Griffiths C. and Weaving A. (2002). Field Guide to Insects of South Africa. Struik, Cape Town.
11. Elliott H.J., Ohmart C.P. and Wylie, F.R. (1998). Insect Pests of Australian Forests. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
12. Lanfranco D. and Dungey S.H. (2001). Insect damage in Eucalyptus: A review of plantations in Chile. Aust. Ecol. 26, 477-481.
13. Jeffries M.J. and Lawton J.H. (1984). Enemy-free space and the structure of ecological communities. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 23, 269-286.
14. Ballabeni O., Wlodarcyzk M. and Rahier M. (2001). Does enemy-free space for eggs contribute to a leaf beetle's oviposition preference for a nutritionally inferior host plant? Funct. Ecol. 15, 318-324.
15. Zangerl A.R., Huang T., McGovern J.L. and Berenbaum M.R. (2002). Paradoxical host shift by Depressaria pastinacella in North America: is enemy-free space involved? Oikos 98, 431-436.
16. Solomon J.D. and Morris R.C. (1966). Sex attraction of the carpenter worm moth. J. Econ. Entomol. 59, 1534-1535.
17. Doolittle R.E., Tagestad A. and McKnight M.E. (1976). Trapping carpenter worms and aspen carpenter worms with sex attractants in North Dakota. Environ. Entomol. 5, 267-269.
18. Dix M.E. and Doolittle R.E. (1984). Evaluation of attractant traps used for capturing male cossids. J. Georgia Entomol. Soc. 19, 437-439.
19. Forshler B.T. and Nordin G.L. (1989). Techniques for rearing the wood borers Prionoxystus robinae (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) and Paranthrene dollii (Lepidoptera: Sessidae). Flor. Entomol. 72, 224-226.
20. Annecke D.P. and Moran V.C. (1982). Insects and Mites of Cultivated Plants in South Africa. Butterworths, Durban.
21. Coetzee J.H., Oberprieler R.G., Daiber K.C., Bolton M.C. and Myburgh A.C. (1990). Stem and seed borers. In Crop Pests in Southern Africa, ed. A.C. Myburgh, vol. 5, Flowers and other ornamentals, Bulletin 419, pp. 42-49. Department of Agriculture and Water Supply, South Africa.