(Crambidae: Lepidoptera)
Issue No. 105
G. W. Dekle G. L. Greene T. E. Summers
February, 1971
Introduction
Canes of pampas grass, Cortaderia selloana (Schult.) Aschers & Graebn., were found infested with sugarcane borer by J. N. Pott, plant specialist, during a Volusia County nursery inspection in October 1968. Larvae of several instars and also pupae were removed from infested canes. A survey conducted by the DPI with entomologists from the Central Florida Experiment Station, Sanford, and the USDA Sugarcane Research Unit, Canal Point, indicated a severe infestation in the nursery field block. Some parasites (Braconidae; Apanteles sp.) Of this lepidopterous borer were found during the survey; however, the parasite population was not controlling the infestation. The movement of any known host from the vicinity of the infestation required an inspection and certifjcation by the DPI.