Annotated Bibliography of Diamondback Moth - part

General
etc., fungi can be very largely eliminated by immediately
removing all debris of canes after the crop is cut. Immersion
of the slips in i4nter at 600C has given excellent resuits
against the borer and appears also to stimulate germination.
A Fungus, probably a species of' Cord.vcops, that has
been observed attacking the borer, ii1 not appare ntly suffic
ienl t Y wi (Ies3Pr e (Ie d to otf au0 hCI assistance in conl t ro I.
Minor pests recorded are Psoudococcus boninsis ( calcool rine)
"an(1
1)iItpr-1tIs O l snn's ,el 'ant; .L euCo p tr r (Cmi ost omn) cof fee.l­
In on coffee; and Plutelln maculipennis on v-egetable crops.
Ali uni!dlnt ifieid I u pi(opterotis larva occurs on leaves of Cro-talaria
striata and sometimes on C. ,juncea; it also enters
the pods of the former and eats the seeds. The larvae are
often parasitised by a Tachinid of the genus Zenillia. [RAE]
0080. Koshkin, S. 1. 1926. l)at.a on the development. of' destructive
insects in the vicinity of the Vonlarowo Biol. Sta. in
1925. Abh. Ges. Naturforsch. a. Aerzte, Smolensk. 1:171 -178.
(in Russian with German summary).
Phenol ogic (Ita as to prevalence and destructiveness
are given for: Limothrips denticornis Hitl., Anthothrips oculeni
Fabr. , lnssus 5e.'rotntus Fal l. , Phyl lot reta v.ittu.la
I?,_-dt. , g,griot s ele t is BIjerk ( I iln ent us L.), A thous niger L .,
lruchus ( Lariii) pisi L. , Ap.ion pri cans tlerbs t. , Plusin gamma
L. , In(lena basilinca Fabr. , Cecidomvin destructor Say. , Chloro)5s
tan.iopus Meig. , La-sioptern cerenlis Lind. , Cleignstrn
fIlaviqes FalI. , Oscinis frit L. , Eurygnster waurus Fabr.
Tr.igonotj'lns (sic) rutfikornis Geoffr. , Notostirn erra ticn L.
Ps.vyll a ali Schmdbg., Aphis mnli Fabr., Anthonomus poworum
L. , Mel o.l on t h-i hyppocastani Flabr. , Anthonomus pomorum L.,
Melolontha hyppocastani Fabr., lyponomeuta malinellus Zell.,
Aporin crntnegi L. , Carpocapsa pomonel In L. , Malacosoma neusrin
L. , Aphis brassjce L. , Gryl lot/lpa vulgaris Latr. , Phyllot
reta nemorun L. , P.uteila cruc.i ferarum Zel I. , Pieris brassice
L., P. rapne L. , Hylemyin brassicne Bouch., Athalia spinnrum
Fabr. , and K.vrydema olernacum L. [llA]
0081. Krasucki, A. 1929. Observat ions on the pests of cultivated
plants in south-eastern Poland in 1928. Mem. rnst. Nat.
Polon. Econ. Rur. Pulawy, 10: 216-223. ( in Polish).
A list is given of 25 pests observed in south-eastern
Poland in 1928, with notes on their distribution and seasonal
occurrence. The insects inct.dfe-d: Pieris brassicae L., on
cabbage and cuuli flower; Trachen (flndena) basilinen F., on
wheat; Phytometri (t1liusia) ganmma L. , which was very numerous
in July an(l attacked beet, cabbage and beans, but caused littIe
damage as nearly all the larvae were killed by the fungus,
Entomophthorn plusijne, and some were parasitised by the
Encyrtid, Litomastix truncateltn Dalm., and an unidentified
Chalcid; I'yrausta nuhilnlis lib. , which in soige localities infested
50% of the maize crop; Plutella maculipennis Curt.
(cruci forarum Ze II. ) on cabbage; Melolontha melolontha L. ,
attacking beet; Apion apricans Hbst., which in one locality
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