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Diversity of lepidopteran stem borers on monocotyledonous plants in eastern Africa and the islands of Madagascar and Zanzibar revisited

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2007

B.P. Le Ru ,
G.O. Ong'amo ,
P. Moyal ,
L. Ngala ,
B. Musyoka ,
Z. Abdullah ,
D. Cugala ,
B. Defabachew ,
T.A. Haile  and
T. Kauma Matama
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B.P. Le Ru*
Affiliation:
Unité de Recherche IRD 072, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, PO Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
G.O. Ong'amo
Affiliation:
Unité de Recherche IRD 072, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, PO Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
P. Moyal
Affiliation:
Unité de Recherche IRD 072, CNRS, Laboratoire Populations, Génétique et Evolution, BP1, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
L. Ngala
Affiliation:
Unité de Recherche IRD 072, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, PO Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
B. Musyoka
Affiliation:
Unité de Recherche IRD 072, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, PO Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
Z. Abdullah*
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture, Plant Protection Division, PO Box 1062, Zanzibar, Tanzania
D. Cugala*
Affiliation:
Eduardo Mondlane University, Faculty of Agronomy and Forestry Engineering, Av. J. Nyerere, Campus Universitario 1, Maputo, Mozambique
B. Defabachew*
Affiliation:
Ethiopian Agricultural Research Centre, PO Box 436, Melkasa, Ethiopia
T.A. Haile*
Affiliation:
University of Asmara, PO Box 1220, Asmara, Eritrea
T. Kauma Matama*
Affiliation:
National Agricultural Research Organization, Namulonge Agricultural Research Institute, PO Box 7084, Kampala, Uganda
V.Y. Lada*
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture, Plant Protection Division, PO Box 1062, Zanzibar, Tanzania
B. Negassi*
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture, MARI, PO Box 4627, Asmara, Eritrea
K. Pallangyo*
Affiliation:
Biocontrol Programme, PO Box 30031, Kibaha, Tanzania
J. Ravolonandrianina*
Affiliation:
Ministère de l'Agriculture, Service de la Protection des Végétaux, BP 1042, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar
A. Sidumo*
Affiliation:
Eduardo Mondlane University, Faculty of Agronomy and Forestry Engineering, Av. J. Nyerere, Campus Universitario 1, Maputo, Mozambique
C.O. Omwega*
Affiliation:
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, PO Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
F. Schulthess*
Affiliation:
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, PO Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
P.A. Calatayud
Affiliation:
Unité de Recherche IRD 072, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, PO Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
J.F. Silvain
Affiliation:
Unité de Recherche IRD 072, CNRS, Laboratoire Populations, Génétique et Evolution, BP1, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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*Fax: 254 (2) 8632001 E-mail: bleru@icipe.org
†DGIS funded Stemborer Biological Control NETwork for ESA (SBCNET)
†DGIS funded Stemborer Biological Control NETwork for ESA (SBCNET)
†DGIS funded Stemborer Biological Control NETwork for ESA (SBCNET)
†DGIS funded Stemborer Biological Control NETwork for ESA (SBCNET)
†DGIS funded Stemborer Biological Control NETwork for ESA (SBCNET)
†DGIS funded Stemborer Biological Control NETwork for ESA (SBCNET)
†DGIS funded Stemborer Biological Control NETwork for ESA (SBCNET)
†DGIS funded Stemborer Biological Control NETwork for ESA (SBCNET)
†DGIS funded Stemborer Biological Control NETwork for ESA (SBCNET)
†DGIS funded Stemborer Biological Control NETwork for ESA (SBCNET)
†DGIS funded Stemborer Biological Control NETwork for ESA (SBCNET)
†DGIS funded Stemborer Biological Control NETwork for ESA (SBCNET)
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Abstract

Surveys were completed in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda and Zanzibar to assess the lepidopteran stem borer species diversity on wild host plants. A total of 24,674 larvae belonging to 135 species were collected from 75 species of wild host plants belonging to the Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Typhaceae. Amongst them were 44 noctuid species belonging to at least nine genera, 33 crambids, 15 pyralids, 16 Pyraloidea species not yet identified, 25 tortricids and three cossids. The noctuid larvae represented 73.6% of the total number of larvae collected, with 66.3, 3.5 and 3.8% found on Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Typhaceae, respectively. The Crambidae, Pyralidae, Tortricidae and Cossidae represented 19.8, 1.9, 2.5 and 0.1% of the total larvae collected, respectively, with 90.4% of the Crambidae and Pyralidae collected from Poaceae, and 99.7% of the Tortricidae collected from Cyperaceae. The lepidopteran stem borer species diversity in the wild host plants was far more diverse than previously reported.

Keywords

stem borerNoctuidaePyralidaeCrambidaeTortricidaeCossidaePoaceaeCyperaceaeTyphaceaebiodiversityEast Africa

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 96 , Issue 6 , December 2006 , pp. 555 - 563
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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