Citation:

5-6 Lepidoptera pests. Pages 239-315. In: Dennis S Hill. 1975. Agricultural Insect Pests of the Tropics and their Control. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England UK, 516 pages.

Keywords: sweet potato clearwing Synanthedon dasysceles, potato tuber moth Phthorimaea operculella, Angoumois grain moth Sitotroga cerealella, pink bollworm Pectinophora gossypiella, diamond-back moth Plutella xylostella, castor stem borer Xyleutes capensis, coco stem borer Eulophonotus myrmeleon, stinging caterpillar Parasa vivida, jelly grub Niphadolepis alianta, false codling moth Cryptophlebia leucotreta, coffee tip borer Eucosma nereidopa, codling moth Cydia pomonella,

Oriental fruit moth Cydia molesta, spotted stalk borer Chilo partellus, coastal stalk borer Chilo orichalcociliella, dark-headed rice borer Chilo polychrysa, rice striped stalk borer Chilo suppressalis, rice caseworm Nymphula depunctalis, sugarcane stalk borer Eldana saccharina, bean pod borer Maruca testulalis, white rice borer Maliarpha separatella, sesame webworm Antigastra catalaunalis, European corn borer Ostrinia nubilalis, Asian corn borer O. furnacalis, rice leaf folder Cnaphalocrocis medinalis, lima bean pod borer Etiella zinckenella, cotton leaf roller Sylepta derogate, maize webworm Marasmia trapezalis, coffee berry moth Prophantis smaragdina, yellow rice borer Scirpophaga (= Tryporyza) incertulas, banana scab moth Nacoleia octasema, tropical warehouse moth Ephestia cautella, sweet potato butterfly Acraea acerata, coffee berry butterfly Virachola bimaculata, lemon butterfly Papilio deodocus, rice skipper Telicota augias, tailed caterpillar Epicampoptera marantica, E. andersoni, giant looper Ascotis selenaria reciprocaria, coffe leaf skeletonizer Leucoplema dohertyi, sweet potato moth Agris convolvuli, maize stalk borer Busseola fusca, American bollworm Heliothis armigera, cotton bollworm H. zea, rice armyworms Mythimna loreyi, M. unipunctata, M. separate, pink stalk borer Sesamia calamistis, purple stem borer Sesamia inferens, common cutworm Agrotis segetum, black cutworm Agrotis ipsilon, African armyworm Spodoptera exempta, beet armyworm Spodoptera exigua, rice armyworm Spodoptera Mauritia, cotton leafworm Spodoptera littoralis, cotton leafworm Spodoptera litura, spiny bollworms Earia biplaga, E. insulana, red bollworm Diparopsis, cotton semi-looper Cosmophila flava, coffee leaf miners Leucoptera caffeine, L. coma, L meyricki, L cofeelia