@article{fdi:010061462,
  title = {{S}pecies diversity and distribution of lepidopteran stem borers in {S}outh {A}frica and {M}ozambique},
  author = {{M}oolman, {J}. and {V}an den {B}erg, {J}. and {C}onlong, {D}. and {C}ugala, {D}. and {S}iebert, {S}. and {L}e {R}ü, {B}runo},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{C}ountry-wide surveys of lepidopteran stem borers in wild host plants were undertaken between 2006 and 2009 in {S}outh {A}frica and 2005 and 2010 in {M}ozambique. {A} total of 4438 larvae were collected from 65 wild host plants in {S}outh {A}frica and 1920 larvae from 30 wild host plants in {M}ozambique. {I}n {S}outh {A}frica and {M}ozambique, 50 and 39 stem borer species were recovered, respectively, with four new species and two new genera among noctuids. {L}ess than 5% of the total number of species collected are considered to be economically important in {A}frica. {T}hese species were {B}usseola fusca ({F}uller) ({N}octuidae), {C}hilo partellus ({S}winhoe) ({C}rambidae) and {S}esamia calamistis {H}ampson ({N}octuidae). {D}ata from this study and others in {E}ast {A}frica on the very low abundance of stem borers in wild host plants question the putative role of wild host plants as reservoir for stem borer pests. {O}ne new host plant family ({P}rioniaceae), as well as 24 and 13 wild hosts from {S}outh {A}frica and {M}ozambique respectively, was added to the list of known hosts in {A}frica.},
  keywords = {biodiversity ; {M}ozambique ; {S}outh {A}frica ; stem borers ; wild host plants ; {AFRIQUE} {DU} {SUD} ; {MOZAMBIQUE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {A}pplied {E}ntomology},
  volume = {138},
  numero = {1-2},
  pages = {52--66},
  ISSN = {0931-2048},
  year = {2014},
  DOI = {10.1111/jen.12085},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010061462},
}