Open AccessCONFIRMATION OF LEPIDIOTA REULEAUXI BRENSKE (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: MELOLONTHINAE) AS THE RAMU CANEGRUB
Author(s) -
Allsopp P. G.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1990.tb00356.x
Subject(s) - scarabaeidae , biology , new guinea , larva , instar , zoology , botany , ethnology , history
Lepidiota reuleauxi Brenske is confirmed as the whitegrub attacking sugarcane at Ramu Sugar Estate, Gusap, Papua New Guinea. A lectotype and paralectotypes are designated, and adults and the raster pattern of the third‐instar larva are described.