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Stathmopoda auriferella (Wlk.) (Lepidoptera, Heliodinidae) infesting sorghum stored on the head in Northern Nigeria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

P. F. Prevett
Affiliation:
West African Stored Products Research Unit, Kano, Nigeria.

Extract

Stathmopoda auriferella (Wlk.) (Lepidoptera, HELIODINIDAE) is recorded as a pest in Northern Nigeria of sorghum in the field and on the head in store. Notes are given on the nature of the infestation. The mature larva is described, and characters are listed for separating it from the larvae of four common species of Lepidoptera which infest stored produce; and for separating the adult from that of Sitotroga cerealella (Ol.).

Type
Research Paper
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1963

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