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The identity of Chilo kanra (Fletcher) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), a stem-borer of wild and semi-cultivated Saccharum in northern India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

J. D. Bradley
J. D. Bradley
Affiliation:
Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, c/o British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
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Abstract

The identity of Chilo kanra (Fletcher), an obscure stem-borer of the wild and semi-cultivated grasses Saccharum fuscum and S. arundinaceum in northern India, is ratified on the basis of recently collected material from Bihar. A neotype is designated, and the adults and genitalia are illustrated. The species is differentiated from its congener C. partellus (Swinh.), a widely distributed pest of sugar-cane and other graminaceous crops in India and Africa. A neotype is also designated for C. saccharicola Fletcher, a stem-borer described at the same time as C. kanra and now found to be conspecific and a junior synonym.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 72 , Issue 3 , September 1982 , pp. 437 - 439
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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