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   Bagworms (Lepidoptera: Psychidae): potential pests of guayule (Parthenium argentatum Gray) plantations in southern Africa

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: M.R. Appleton --- UN/FRD Research Unit for Plant Growth and Development, Department of Botany, Republic of South Africa J. van Staden --- UN/FRD Research Unit for Plant Growth and Development, Department of Botany, Republic of South Africa

   Larvae of the bagworm Eumeta hardenbergi (Bourgogne) (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) are reported for the first time to feed on the leaves and bark of guayule (Parthenium argentatum Gray) plants which were being examined as a potential source of natural rubber in...

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   Caddisfly (Trichoptera) larvae of the Opa River basin, south-western Nigeria

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: SylvesterS Ogbogu

   Caddisflies in the streams of the Opa River catchment basin in Ile-Ife, south-western Nigeria, were surveyed, documenting nine genera in six families. Hydropsychidae is the most speciose family, with three genera, and has the highest number of individuals in the...

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