Open AccessANTITROGUS PLANICEPS (BLACKBURN) (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: MELOLONTHINAE) IDENTIFIED AS DAMAGING AUSTRALIAN SUGARCANE
Author(s) -
Allsopp P. G.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1993.tb00592.x
Subject(s) - scarabaeidae , biology , larva , pest analysis , zoology , ecology , botany
Antitrogus planiceps is recorded as a pest of sugarcane in the Harwood and Broadwater mill areas, New South Wales. Characters are given to separate larvae and adults from other canegrub species, and the life cycle and soil types in which the larvae occur are discussed.