. Cooperative economic insect report. Beneficial insects; Insect pests. 697 INSECTS NOT KNOWN TO OCCUR IN THE UNITED STATES YELLOW PEACH MOTH* (Dichocrocis punctiferalis Guen.) Economic Importance: This pyraustid is one of the most destructive pests of peaches in China and cotton in Australia where it causes serious injury to the bolls. Boll infestations of 27 percent are reported from Queensland. Corn, grain sorghum, peaches, bananas, papaya and other fruits are damaged also in Australia. Larval feeding on heads of grain sorghum is sometimes responsible for almost complete loss of crop in coa
. Cooperative economic insect report. Beneficial insects; Insect pests. 697 INSECTS NOT KNOWN TO OCCUR IN THE UNITED STATES YELLOW PEACH MOTH* (Dichocrocis punctiferalis Guen.) Economic Importance: This pyraustid is one of the most destructive pests of peaches in China and cotton in Australia where it causes serious injury to the bolls. Boll infestations of 27 percent are reported from Queensland. Corn, grain sorghum, peaches, bananas, papaya and other fruits are damaged also in Australia. Larval feeding on heads of grain sorghum is sometimes responsible for almost complete loss of crop in coastal areas of the country. In southern India and Ceylon D. punctiferalis is a serious pest of castorbean and fruit, though more important on castorbean causing loss of seed capsules and terminals. It is also apparently of some significance on pine in Japan as it is occasionally intercepted at ports of entry on Pinus spp. from that country. Distribution: Southern and eastern Asia including India, Ceylon, Burma, Malaya, China, Formosa, Japan and Korea; Australia; Indonesia and New General Distribution of Dichocrocis punctiferalis *Also called spotted maize moth in Australia and castor seed caterpillar in Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Animal and Plant Health Service. Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs; United States. Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine; United States. Plant Pest Control Division. Hyattsville, MD. [etc. ] Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs Animal and Plant Health Service
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