In the present study, we examined insecticidal effect of Carifend® (BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany; 163.2 mg m−2), an alpha-cypermethrin-coated polyester net, as well Carifend-like nets containing different rates alpha-cypermethrin, specifically 10, 30, 80, and 325 m−2, against two major stored tobacco insect pests, i.e., Lasioderma serricorne (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Anobiidae) Ephestia elutel...

Department of Chemistry, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka Z. Naturforsch. 43c, 790-792 (1988); received May 6/July 1, 1988 Leucinodis orbonalis, Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, Sex Pheromone, (£)-l 1-Hexadecenyl acetate (F)-ll-Hexadecenyl acetate is the major volatile component of the sex pheromone gland of female Leucinodis orbonalis collected from Sri Lanka. (-E')-ll-hexadecen-l-ol was als...

The genus Merulempista Roesler, 1967 is reviewed for China. Of the four species treated in this paper, Merulempista rubriptera Li & Ren, sp. n. and Merulempista digitata Li & Ren, sp. n. are described as new; Merulempista cyclogramma (Hampson, 1896) is newly recorded for China, and its taxonomic position is briefly discussed. Photographs of the adults and genitalia are provided, along with a ke...

In this study we assessed the relationship between the laboratory and field performance of different isofemale lines of Trichogramma pretiosum Riley. In comparative assays, we used three rare mitochondrial haplotypes as genetic markers of the isofemale lines, and by introgressing these mitochondrial haplotypes into each of 15 genetically different nuclear lines, also tested the assumption that ...

This work investigated eight species of Lepidoptera associated with Miconia calvescens DC. (Myrtales: Melastomataceae) in Brazil, including six defoliators, Salbia lotanalis Druce (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), Druentia inscita Schaus (Mimallonidae), Antiblemma leucocyma Hampson (Noctuidae), three Limacodidae species, a fruit borer Carposina cardinata Meyrick (Carposinidae), and a damager of flowers...