Diversity of lepidopteran stem borers on monocotyledonous plants in eastern Africa and the islands of Madagascar and Zanzibar revisited

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 555-563

  Le Ru, B P ^a   Ong'amo, G O ^a   Moyal, P ^b   Ngala, L ^a   Musyoka, B ^a   Abdullah, Z ^c   Cugala, D ^d   Defabachew, B ^e   Haile, T A ^f   Matama, T Kauma ^g   Lada, V Y ^c   Negassi, B ^h   Pallangyo, K ⁱ   Ravolonandrianina, J ^j   Sidumo, A ^d   Omwega, C O ^a   Schulthess, F ^a   Calatayud, P A ^a   Silvain, J F ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Ministry of Agriculture   (Tanzania)

^d EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^e Ethiopian Agricultural Research Centre   (Ethiopia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ASMARA   (Eritrea)

^g Namulonge Agricultural and Animal Production Research Institute Uganda   (Uganda)

^h MARI   (Eritrea)

ⁱ Biocontrol Programme   (Tanzania)

^j Service de la Protection des Végétaux   (Madagascar)

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Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cossidae; Crambidae; Cyperaceae; East Africa; Noctuidae; Poaceae; Pyralidae; Stem borer; Tortricidae; Typhaceae

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BUTTERFLY; CATERPILLAR; HOST PLANT; MONOCOTYLEDON; MOTH; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; ZANZIBAR ISLAND;

COSSIDAE; CRAMBIDAE; CYPERACEAE; NOCTUIDAE; POACEAE; PYRALIDAE; PYRALOIDEA; TORTRICIDAE; TYPHACEAE;

AFRICA; ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CYPERACEAE; GEOGRAPHY; LARVA; MADAGASCAR; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; PLANT STEM; POACEAE; TYPHACEAE;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CYPERACEAE; GEOGRAPHY; LARVA; MADAGASCAR; MOTHS; PLANT STEMS; POACEAE; TYPHACEAE;

EID: 33846661824     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/BER2006457     Document Type: Article

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