Indian forest insects of economic importance Coleoptera . DISTRIBUTION OF INDIAN FOREST INSECTS. FIG 2.—Section of wood of Pentacme suavtt showing boi n sol //-</; spiiiiio/ nis, \c\vn. Southern Sli;in A _ 4 INDIAN FOREST INSECTS As a first case, a tree may have a wide distribution, and its particularpest may accompany it throughout. This is true of the tun-tree (Cedrelatoona} twig-borer, Ilv^ipyla rolnistd, which appears to be as widely dis-tributed as th. tree itself. I have personally taken the insect from twigs andbranches at (hanga Manga in the Punjab, in the United Provinces,
Indian forest insects of economic importance Coleoptera . DISTRIBUTION OF INDIAN FOREST INSECTS. FIG 2.—Section of wood of Pentacme suavtt showing boi n sol //-</; spiiiiio/ nis, \c\vn. Southern Sli;in A _ 4 INDIAN FOREST INSECTS As a first case, a tree may have a wide distribution, and its particularpest may accompany it throughout. This is true of the tun-tree (Cedrelatoona} twig-borer, Ilv^ipyla rolnistd, which appears to be as widely dis-tributed as th. tree itself. I have personally taken the insect from twigs andbranches at (hanga Manga in the Punjab, in the United Provinces, CentralProvinces, and at M ay my o in Upper Burma. Similarly the twowell-known defoliators of teak, the caterpillars of the moths Hyblcea pueraand /vnf/..s/if machacralis, appear to be found wherever the tree exists as aforest in India, in Bombay, Central Provinces, Madras, and Burma. Or a pest may infest a variety of trees occupying very different climates,and have itself a wide distribution. Amongst the family Bostrychidaeinstances are common. Both Si
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