A method for rearing and assessing the health of the sugarcane pestDermolepida albohirtum(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Abstract

The megadiverse Scarabaeidae family includes around 27,000 described extant species, some of which are major agricultural pests (Bouchard et al., 2017). For example, coconut rhinoceros beetles (Oryctes rhinoceros) cause extensive damage to economically important palms, Japanese beetles (Popillia japonica) are a major pest of turf, garden crops and field crops and the African black beetle (Heteronychus arator) is an important pest of pasture and maize crop