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Preliminary notes on the phenology and biology ofbatrachedra amydraula meyrick (lepidoptera: cosmopterygidae), a new pest of date palms in israel

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Batrachedra amydraula Meyrick was detected for the first time in Israel in 1970. Injury inflicted to date plantations by this pest resulted in considerable fruit drop and serious losses in yield. The appearance of the pest in the plantation is limited to a period from late March to early July. In their last stage of development, the larvae undergo diapause, which is affected by changes in daylength during early spring and late summer.

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Blumberg, D. Preliminary notes on the phenology and biology ofbatrachedra amydraula meyrick (lepidoptera: cosmopterygidae), a new pest of date palms in israel. Phytoparasitica 3, 55–57 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02981221

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