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A new Phycitine species associated with Sorghum cultivars in East Africa (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

J. D. Bradley
Affiliation:
Commonwealth Institute of Entomology

Extract

A Phycitine Pyralid associated with Sorghum cultivars (Kaffir corn, dura or Indian millet) in Uganda, Tanzania and Sudan, and also known from one example from Northern Nigeria, is described as new and is named Salebria mesozonella sp.n. Illustrations are given of the adults and genitalia of both sexes.

Type
Research Paper
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1966

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References

Nye, I. W. B. (1960). The insect pests of graminaceous crops in East Africa.—Colon. Res. Stud. no. 31, p. 39.Google Scholar