Reoccurrence of Pareuchaetes pseudoinsulata Rego Barros (Arctiidae: Lepidoptera) population in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala, India: A biological control agent of the weed, Chromolaena odorata (Asteraceae)

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Authors

  • C. P. Arjun
     School of Ecological Informatics, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Techno park campus, Trivandrum, Kerala ,IN
  • V. Sarojkumar
     School of Ecological Informatics, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Techno park campus, Trivandrum, Kerala ,IN
  • N. P. Sooraj
     School of Environmental Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kalamassery, Cochin-22, Kerala ,IN
  • V. R. Prakash
     Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences. The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010 ,AU
  • R. Jaishanker
     School of Ecological Informatics, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Techno park campus, Trivandrum, Kerala ,IN
  • Ammini Joseph
     School of Environmental Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kalamassery, Cochin-22, Kerala ,IN

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18311/jbc/2016/15595

Keywords:

Invasive species, Siam weed, Biological control, Pareuchaetes pseudoinsulata
Invasion biology, Entomology

Abstract

Authors report the reoccurrence of Pareuchaetes pseudoinsulata Rego Barros larvae at Technopark campus, Thiruvananthapuram. The larvae of P. pseudoinsulata were found feeding voraciously on terminal and axillary buds and leaves of Chromolena odorata. The recent report helps to identify the elite and resistant population for further field release to control C. odorata.

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2017-03-16

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Arjun, C. P., Sarojkumar, V., Sooraj, N. P., Prakash, V. R., Jaishanker, R., & Joseph, A. (2017). Reoccurrence of <i>Pareuchaetes pseudoinsulata</i> Rego Barros (Arctiidae: Lepidoptera) population in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala, India: A biological control agent of the weed, </i>Chromolaena odorata</i> (Asteraceae). Journal of Biological Control, 30(3), 195–196. https://doi.org/10.18311/jbc/2016/15595

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Volume 30, Issue 3, September 2016

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