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RHACONOTUS SCIRPOPHAGAE, Wik., A PARASITE OF THE SUGARCANE WHITE MOTH BORER (Scirpophaga).

Volume : 25
Issue: Apr-apr
Pages: 127 - 134
Published: November 16, 2023
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Abstract


As a result of the intensive study of the natural enemies I the sugarcane white moth borer (Scirpophaga) in Coimbatore, seven larval arasites have been collected. A paper on one of these-Elasmus zehntneri, err., was published in the Madras Agricultural Journal, Vol. XXV. pp. 73-279. Rhaconotus scirpophagae, Wlk, another parasite, is the subject matter of the present paper. Interesting information on the habits and life istory of the parasite, egglaying capacity, longevity, etc., is given and the latus of the parasite discussed.

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127 - 134
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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