Further Records of Insect Pests of Theobroma Cacao in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea.

Abstract

This is a supplement to the author's paper entitled: "Insect Pests of Theobroma cacao in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea" (Szent Ivany, 1961). Seventy-six new cacao insects are listed, most of them representing new economic records. Besides this some corrections are made (including species omitted from the first paper because of the unavailability of relevant literature), and new distribution data of previously recorded cacao insects are given, together with some remarks on ecology and ethology. Two moths, previously mentioned as minor pests (Szent-Ivany, 1961) are now considered major pests of Theobroma cacao. These are the noctuids Tiracola plagiata (Walk.) and Achaea janata L.