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Phycita melongenae sp.n. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) associated with eggplant in West Africa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

J. O. Aina
J. O. Aina
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
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Abstract

A new species in the genus Phycita, the larva of which is a pest of eggplant in Nigeria and Senegal, is described and named P. melongenae sp.n. Notes on its biology and illustrations of the adult insect and genitalia of both sexes are given

Type
Original Articles
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 73 , Issue 3 , September 1983 , pp. 427 - 429
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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