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New Species of African Stem-boring Agrotidae (Lepidoptera)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

J. Bowden
J. Bowden
Affiliation:
Senior Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, Gold Coast.
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Six new species of stem-boring AGROTIDAE are described from Africa. The new genera, Carelis, Poecopa and Manga are erected to accommodate three of these species; the other three species are described in the genus Busseola.

A key to nine genera is given, and also one to separate five extremely similar species, Poeonoma serrata (Hampson), B. fusca (Fuller), B. quadrata, sp. n., B. phaia, sp. n., and B. segeta, sp. n.

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Research Paper
Information
Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 47 , Issue 3 , October 1956 , pp. 415 - 428
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1956

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References

Bowden, J. (1954). The Stem-borer problem in tropical cereal crops.—Rep. 6th Commonw. ent. Conf.1954, pp. 104–110.Google Scholar
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