Important Pacific Insect Pests of Sugar Cane 1 
C. E. Pemberton 2 
SUGAR cane is commercially grown in Hawaii, 
Fiji, Queensland, Java, the Philippines, and For- 
mosa. From extensive published records, some 
257 insect species are known to attack cane 
within these several areas. The following sum- 
mary will indicate only those species which have 
been reported as important, either occasionally 
or continuously, together with the nature of 
attack and the countries affected. 
LBPIDOPTERA 
Eucosmidae 
Pyralidae 
Agrotidae 
STALK BORERS 
Eucosma schistaceana Sn. 
Chilotraea infuscatella Sn. 
Proceras venosatus Wlk. 
Scirpopkaga nivella F. 
Emmalocera umbricostella Rag. 
Sesamia inferens Wlk. 
Sesamia uniformis Dudg. 
Pbragmatiphila tmncata Wlk. 
Formosa, Java, Philippines, Guam 
Formosa, Java, Philippines 
Formosa, Java, Philippines 
Formosa, Java, Philippines 
Formosa 
Formosa, Java, Philippines 
Philippines 
Queensland, New Guinea 
COLEOPTERA 
Curculionidae Rkahdoscelus obscurus Boisd. 
Trochorrbopalus strangulatus Gyll. 
Prionidae Dorystbenes hydropicus Pascoe 
Hawaii, Fiji, Queensland, New Guinea 
Philippines, Fiji, New Guinea 
Formosa 
ISOPTERA 
Heterotermes philippinens Light 
Mastotermes darwiniensis Frogg 
Termes meredionalis Frogg 
Macrotermes gilvus Hag, 
Capritermes nitobei Shir. 
Odontotermes formosanus Shir. 
Reticulitermes speratus Kolbe 
Philippines 
Queensland 
Queensland 
Philippines, Java 
Formosa 
Formosa 
Formosa 
COLEOPTERA 
Elateridae 
Tenebrionidae 
DESTRUCTIVE TO SEED PIECES 
Lacon mus cuius Cand. 
Mel&notus tamsuyensis Bates 
Sephilus formosanus Schwarz 
Lacon variabilis Cand. 
Eutocbia lateralis Boh. 
Formosa 
Formosa 
Formosa 
Queensland 
Java, Hawaii, Philippines 
HEMIPTERA 
Lygaeidae 
SAP SUCKERS ON LEAF OR STALK 
Pbenacantha australica Kirk. 
Phenacantha saccharicida Karsch 
Pbenacantha marcida Horv. 
Ischnodemus saccharivoms Okajima 
Queensland 
Java 
Formosa 
Formosa 
1 A paper presented at the Tenth Pacific Science Congress, in Honolulu, August 1962. Manuscript received 
February 14, 1962. 
2 Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association Experiment Station, Honolulu, Hawaii. 
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