FIELD OBSERVATIONS OF BUZURA EDWARDSI WALKER (GEOMETRIDAE): A DEFOLIATING LOOPER ON PINUS PATULA AND EUCALYPTUS SPECIES IN THE MELSETTER DISTRICT OF RHODESIA

Abstract

Defoliation of well-stocked, 10–12-year-old P. parula, and younger E. saligna/grandis and E. cloeziana standsby the larval stages of a geometrid moth Buzura edwardsi Walker, recently indicates that this is a potentially important forest pest in the Melsetter district, one of the major areas of pine and eucalypt afforestation in Rhodesia.