论文信息 - Reoccurrence of Pareuchaetes pseudoinsulata Rego Barros (Arctiidae:Lepidoptera) Population in Thiruvananthapuram District of Kerala, India:A Biological Control Agent of the Weed, Chromolaena odorata (Asteraceae)

Reoccurrence of Pareuchaetes pseudoinsulata Rego Barros (Arctiidae:Lepidoptera) Population in Thiruvananthapuram District of Kerala, India:A Biological Control Agent of the Weed, Chromolaena odorata (Asteraceae)

Authors report the reoccurrence of Pareuchaetes pseudoinsulata Rego Barros larvae at Technopark campus, Thiruvananthapuram. The larvae of P. pseudoinsulata were found feeding voraciously on terminal and axillary buds and leaves of Chromolena odorata . The recent report helps to identify the elite and resistant population for further field release to control C. odorata .

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