
%0 Journal Article
%A Quinlan, TJ 
%A Elder, RJ 
%A Shaw, KA 
%T Pasture dry matter reduction over the dry season due to <I>Oncopera</I> spp. (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) on the Atherton Tableland, north Queensland
%J Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
%D 1975/04/01
%V 15
%N 73
%P 219-222
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/EA9750219
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/EA9750219 
%X Infestation of late instar larvae of Oncopera brachyphylla Turner and O. mitocera (Turner) (Lepidoptera : Hepialidae) in mixed pastures at four sites on the Atherton Tablelands of Queensland over a ten week period from September-October gave a mean reduction of 8.7 kg dry matter ha-1 larva-1 m-2. Mean larval populations at the four sites for the period were 29.6, 96.9, 85.0 and 76.4 larvae m-2. The pastures consisted of Nandi setaria (Setaria anceps cv. Nandi)-Greenleaf desmodium (Desmodium intortum cv. Greenleaf) and kikuyu grass (Pennisetum clandestinum) each at two sites. 
