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DAMAGE TO PANICLES OF ALOPECURUS PRATENSIS L. BY APAMEA SECALIS L
Author(s) -
BAENES H. F.,
MERCEE S. P.
Publication year - 1936
Publication title -
annals of applied biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1744-7348
pISSN - 0003-4746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1936.tb06118.x
Subject(s) - biology , caterpillar , panicle , larva , poa pratensis , host (biology) , botany , agronomy , poaceae , ecology
SUMMARY A brief description of the moth, and caterpillar stages of Apamea (Trachea) secalis L. is given, as well as notes on its geographical distribution, life history, host plants and economic importance. The normal damage is the withering and death of the stems of the grasses owing to the caterpillars feeding within the sheaths. An unusual type of damage is described and figured. This consists of the destruction of the flowering culms and head, exceedingly similar to that caused by the larvae of Amaurosoma flavipes and A. armiUatum. This damage has been observed over a number of years in Northern Ireland, and in 1935 at Harpenden, Hertfordshire.