New host plants of the girdle beetle, Oberea brevis Swed. (Col., Cerambycidae, Lamiinea)

New host plants of the girdle beetle, Oberea brevis Swed. (Col., Cerambycidae, Lamiinea)

1978

REP.MB-2836

The girdle beetle, Oberea brevis, is recorded on soybean (Glycine max), beans (Lablab niger), cowpea (Vigna signensis), blackgram (V. mungo) and mungbean (V. radiata) growing in the areas of Uttar Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh, India. The pest caused up to 36.5% plant mortality. In 1975 and 1976 studies were done to record the host range of O. brevis. The infestation was ascertained by the presence of two parallel girdles, which are made by the female beetles to reduce the moisture content of the plant and to lay the eggs between the girdles. Due to girdling on the plants, the apical parts dry and later drop off and larvae make their tunnels in the lower parts of the plants. Eleven new host plants of O. brevis were recorded. [AS]

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