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The role of migration in the life system of the African armyworm Spodoptera exempta

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2011

D. J. W. Rose ,
C. F. Dewhurst ,
W. W. Page  and
L. D. C. Fishpool
D. J. W. Rose
Affiliation:
DLCO-EA/TDRI/EEC Armyworm Project, P.O. Box 30023, Nairobi, Kenya
C. F. Dewhurst
Affiliation:
DLCO-EA/TDRI/EEC Armyworm Project, P.O. Box 30023, Nairobi, Kenya
W. W. Page
Affiliation:
DLCO-EA/TDRI/EEC Armyworm Project, P.O. Box 30023, Nairobi, Kenya
L. D. C. Fishpool
Affiliation:
DLCO-EA/TDRI/EEC Armyworm Project, P.O. Box 30023, Nairobi, Kenya
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Abstract

The African armyworm is a migrant moth which, in its larval form, can cause severe plagues which destroy cereal crops, sugarcane and pastures in many parts of Africa. This paper reviews the relevant aspects of a multidisciplinary study into the dispersal behaviour and re-concentration of moths, migratory flight, source areas, population upsurges and the seasonal movement of moths. It introduces the new concepts of primary and critical outbreaks.

Résumé

Le chénille léqionnaire c'est un phalène migrateur qui comme les larves en pêut manger tous nos cereales, nos cannes a sucre et aussi nos élévages en Afrique.

Ce document-ci examine les aspects pertinent d'un étude des routes divèrs pour étudier le dispersion et encore le concentration des phalènes, leurs vols d'émigration, places de naissance et leurs erruptions accroissement des populations et leurs mouvements saisonniers partout en Afrique.

Keywords

ArmywormSpodoptera exemptaLepidopteraNoctuidaemigrationbehaviourflightdispersalconcentrationoutbreakspopulation dynamicssurvivalstrategic control
Type
Symposium IV: Migration and Dispersal of Tropical Noctuid Moths
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International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 8 , Issue 4-5-6: Recent Advances in Research on Tropical Entomology , December 1987 , pp. 561 - 569
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Copyright © ICIPE 1987

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