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A very destructive Pest of Stored Products in South India, Corcyra Cephalonica, Staint. (Lep.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

P. N. Krishna Ayyar
P. N. Krishna Ayyar
Affiliation:
Madras Agricultural Department.
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Among the diverse forms of insect life infesting stored agricultural products in South India those belonging to the Lepidoptera are by no means unimportant. Though no accurate estimates of the annual losses in value of grain, pulses, etc., due to their depredations are available in this country, it has to be admitted that the extent of the damage may occasionally be considerable. It is, therefore, unfortunate that these insects have not attracted sufficient attention at the hands of Economic Entomologists in this country; consequently very little information is available as to the exact identity of the species, their relative importance, or their life-histories. The present investigation was undertaken to make a detailed study of this problem in South India with a view to elucidating the points just raised.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , July 1934 , pp. 155 - 169
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1934

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