The effect of leguminous cover crops and cowpea planted as border rows on maize ear borers with special reference to Mussidia nigrivenella Ragonot (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

2013 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 72-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Komi Agboka ◽  
Fritz Schulthess ◽  
Agbéko Kodjo Tounou ◽  
Manuele Tamò ◽  
Stefan Vidal
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Cover Crops ◽  
Mussidia Nigrivenella ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae ◽  
Maize Ear

Monitoring and Modeling of Field Infestation and Damage by the Maize Ear Borer Mussidia nigrivenella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Benin, West Africa

2000 ◽  
Vol 93 (3) ◽  
pp. 650-657 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mamoudou Sétamou ◽  
Fritz Schulthess ◽  
Hans-Michael Poehling ◽  
Christian Borgemeister
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Mussidia Nigrivenella ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae ◽  
Maize Ear

A key to the larvae of some species of Phycitinae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) associated with stored products, and of some related species

1963 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Audrey D. Aitken
Keyword(s):  
Plodia Interpunctella ◽  
Economic Importance ◽  
Stored Products ◽  
Mussidia Nigrivenella ◽  
Important Species ◽  
Anagasta Kuehniella ◽  
Cadra Cautella ◽  
Ephestia Elutella ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae ◽  
Imported Food

A key to the fully grown larvae of 11 species of Phycitinae is given. Of these, the following eight are known in Britain either as stored-products pests or associated with imported food:— Ephestia elutella (Hb.), Anagasta kuehniella (Zell.), Cadra cautella (Wlk.), C. calidella (Gn.), C. figulilella (Gregson), Plodia interpunctella (Hb.), Mussidia nigrivenella Rag. and Ectomyelois ceratoniae (Zell.). The key is preceded by a brief account of the economic importance of these species in Britain.The other three species are Ectomyelois decolor (Zell.), E. muriscis (Dyar) and Paramyelois transitella (Wlk.). Although these are native to the Americas and are unknown in Britain, they comprise, together with E. ceratoniae, the economically important species formerly of the genus Myelois Huebner.The larvae of Mussidia nigrivenella, P. transitella and of the three species of Ectomyelois are described.

scholarly journals Bionomics of Mussidia nigrivenella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) on three host plants

1999 ◽  
Vol 89 (5) ◽  
pp. 465-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Sétamou ◽  
F. Schulthess ◽  
N.A. Bosque-Pérez ◽  
H-M. Poehling ◽  
C. Borgemeister
Keyword(s):  
Host Plant ◽  
Life Table ◽  
Cover Crops ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Growth Index ◽  
Mass Rearing ◽  
Developmental Time ◽  
Larval Survival ◽  
Mucuna Pruriens ◽  
Mussidia Nigrivenella

AbstractLife table studies of Mussidia nigrivenella Ragonot, a pest of maize in Benin, showed that host plant species had a significant effect on larval survival and developmental time. The maximum percentage of larvae surviving was recorded on jackbean, Canavalia ensiformis (36%) and lowest on maize (18%). Mean developmental time for larvae was longest on maize (19.8 days) and shortest on jackbean (17.2 days). The number of eggs laid was highest for females from larvae fed on jackbean (x– = 176), followed by velvetbean, Mucuna pruriens(x– = 143), and lowest for females where larvae had fed on maize (x–= 127). Longevity of ovipositing females was higher on jackbean (5.4 days) than of those from any other host plants. According to the growth index and life table statistics, jackbean was the most suitable host plant, followed by velvetbean, and maize, the least suitable. Thus, jackbeans should be recommended for use in mass rearing programmes of M.nigrivenella, e.g. as a host for parasitoids in future biological control programmes. Because of the high suitability of jack- and velvetbeans for M.nigrivenella, planting of these increasingly important cover crops should be timed in such a manner that the emergence of female moths from mature pods does not coincide with maize plants in a suitable developmental stage for oviposition and development of young M. nigrivenella larvae.

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