Cob Borer Mussidia Nigrivenella (Lepidoptera; Pyralidae) Of Maize in Ivory Coast. I — Morphological and Biological Data

1991 ◽  
Vol 12 (1-2-3) ◽  
pp. 209-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Moyal ◽  
M. Tran
Keyword(s):  
Ivory Coast ◽  
Biological Data ◽  
Mussidia Nigrivenella ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae ◽  
Cob Borer

Maliarpha separatella. [Distribution map].

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Ivory Coast ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Maliarpha Separatella ◽  
White Rice ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae ◽  
New Distribution ◽  
Comoro Islands

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Maliarpha separatella Ragonot. Lepidoptera: Pyralidae (Madagascar/African white rice borer). Attacks rice. Information is given on the geographical distribution in Africa, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Comoro Islands, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Niger, Nigeria, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaire, Zambia, Asia, Burma.

scholarly journals New record of Tetrastichus howardi (Olliff) as a parasitoid of Diatraea saccharalis (Fabr.) on maize

2011 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 252-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Cruz ◽  
Ana Carolina Redoan ◽  
Rafael Braga da Silva ◽  
Maria de Lourdes Corrêa Figueiredo ◽  
Angélica Maria Penteado-Dias
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Saccharum Officinarum ◽  
Biological Data ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Diatraea Saccharalis ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae ◽  
Corn Plants ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
Sorghum Bicolor L

Diatraea saccharalis (Fabr.) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) spends the largest part of its life cycle inside the stalk of the host plant,which provides protection against the action of conventional control methods. Biological control has been considered a viable alternative to control this pest in sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) and corn (Zea mays L.), two pest preferential hosts. This paper reports the occurrence in Brazil of Tetrastichus howardi (Olliff) (Hymenoptera; Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae) parasitizing pupae of D. saccharalis obtained from corn plants. It also includes preliminary biological data about the insect. A single female of T. howardi is able to produce up to 66 offspring using a single pupa of the host D. Saccharalis and apparently does not distinguish between the host pupae of different ages. The life cycle of the parasitoid was around 25.5 days. The presence of the parasitoid in Brazil opens a new perspective on suppression of the sugarcane borer, considering the promising results already obtained in Asian countries. The insect is well adapted to laboratory conditions, can be produced in large scale and may became an additional option for the integrated pest management in those crops where D. saccharalis is a key pest such as the sugarcane, corn and sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench).

A key to the larvae of some species of Phycitinae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) associated with stored products, and of some related species

1963 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Audrey D. Aitken
Keyword(s):  
Plodia Interpunctella ◽  
Economic Importance ◽  
Stored Products ◽  
Mussidia Nigrivenella ◽  
Important Species ◽  
Anagasta Kuehniella ◽  
Cadra Cautella ◽  
Ephestia Elutella ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae ◽  
Imported Food

A key to the fully grown larvae of 11 species of Phycitinae is given. Of these, the following eight are known in Britain either as stored-products pests or associated with imported food:— Ephestia elutella (Hb.), Anagasta kuehniella (Zell.), Cadra cautella (Wlk.), C. calidella (Gn.), C. figulilella (Gregson), Plodia interpunctella (Hb.), Mussidia nigrivenella Rag. and Ectomyelois ceratoniae (Zell.). The key is preceded by a brief account of the economic importance of these species in Britain.The other three species are Ectomyelois decolor (Zell.), E. muriscis (Dyar) and Paramyelois transitella (Wlk.). Although these are native to the Americas and are unknown in Britain, they comprise, together with E. ceratoniae, the economically important species formerly of the genus Myelois Huebner.The larvae of Mussidia nigrivenella, P. transitella and of the three species of Ectomyelois are described.

Pest Status of Mussidia nigrivenella Ragonot, a Cob-borer of Maize in Western Africa

2008 ◽  
pp. 1640-1640
Author(s):  
Stewart B. Peck ◽  
Carol C. Mapes ◽  
Netta Dorchin ◽  
John B. Heppner ◽  
Eileen A. Buss ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mussidia Nigrivenella ◽  
Pest Status ◽  
Western Africa ◽  
Cob Borer
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