BAMBOO INSECTS. 



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BAMBOO. 



(Bambusa spp.; Dendrocalamus strictus, etc.; Arundinaria spp.; Cephalostachyum 

 pergradle; Melocanna bambusioides; Phyllostachys spp. Family Bambuseae.) 

 Treelike grasses mucli used in cultivation. 



A. BETTER KNOWN BAMBOO INSECTS LIKELY TO BE IMPORTED. 



Dinoderus mlnutus Fabr. 

 (Smaller Bamboo Shot-hole Borer. Bostrychidse; Coleoptera.) 



Hosts: Bamboo (Dendrocalamus strictus and Bambusa). 



Injury: Commonly found attacking bamboos and is also found in cut sugar cane. 

 Description and biology: Beetle brown, shining, 2.5 mm. long, with black head and 

 thorax, the bases of elytra lighter colored, occasionally almost reddish. Larva pale 



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Fig. 18.— Smaller bamboo shot-hole borer {Dinoderus minuiiis): a, Larva; 6, pupa; 

 c, adults. (Stebbing.) 



canary yellow, opaque, curved; head small orange brown with black mandil-Ies; legs 

 three-jointed. Length 3 mm. Bores in the bamboos. (See text figs. 18, 19.) 



Distribution: India. 

 Stebbing, E. P. Indian Forest Insects, Coleoptera, 1914, pp. 133-143, pi. 9. 



Dinoderus pUifrons Lesue. 

 (Bamboo Shot-hole Borer. Bostrychidae; Coleoptera.) 



Hosts: Bamboo (Dendrocalamus strictus), various kinds of wood. 

 Injury: Bores in bamboos. 



