Bulletin of Entomological Research (1950) 41, 317-320
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V.M. Dirsh (1950)
Two new African injurious grasshoppers
Bulletin of Entomological Research 41 (2), 317-320
Abstract: The new species described and figured and compared with other species of their genera are Eyprepocnemis noxius which is a serious pest of cotton and Sorghum vulgare in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and Catantops joycei, which attacks leaves of S. vulgare, flowering heads of sunflower, leaves of cotton and leaves and young fruit of Sesamum orientale also in the Sudan.
(The abstract is excluded from the Creative Commons licence and has been copied from Acridological Abstracts with permission by NRI, Univ. of Greenwich at Medway.)
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
identification/taxonomy
Pest and/or beneficial records:
| Beneficial | Pest/Disease/Weed | Crop/Product | Country | Quarant.
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melinocatantops joycei | Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) | Sudan | ||
| Melinocatantops joycei | Cotton (Gossypium) | Sudan | ||
| Melinocatantops joycei | Sorghum (crop) | Sudan | ||
| Melinocatantops joycei | Sesame (Sesamum indicum) | Sudan | ||
| Eyprepocnemis noxia | Cotton (Gossypium) | Sudan | ||
| Eyprepocnemis noxia | Sorghum (crop) | Sudan |
