Bibliography of Other Insect Pests of Cocoa


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Azevedo, A. C. R., Vilela, M. L., Souza, N. A., Andrade Coelho, C. A. Barbosa, A. F., Firmo, A. L. S., and E. F. Rangel. (1996) The sand fly fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) of a focus of cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Ilheus, State of Bahia, Brazil. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Rio de Janeiro. 91(1):75-79.

Bakri, A. H., Asid, M. & Redshaw, M. J. (1986) Pemberantasan Helopeltis secara terpadu dengan penggunaan semut hitam dan bahan kimia pada tanaman coklat di Surnatera Utara. (Using black ants and chemicals in an integrated approach to control Helopeltis in cocoa in North Sumatra.) Temu Ilmiah Entomologi Perkebunan Indonesia, Medan, 1986, 11 pp.

Beaudoin, L., Morin, J. P. Nguyen, C., and B. Decazy. (1995) Study of underground Adoretus versutus Har. (Col., Scarabaeidae) populations in Vanuatu: Detection of cohabitation with other white grubs. Journal of Applied Entomology. 119(6):391-397.

Beaudoin, L., Robert, P., Lal, S. N., and B. Decazy. (1994) Adoretus versutus control using an entomopoxvirus in Fiji. Plantations Recherche Developpement. 1(2):50-56

Becker, M. & E. M. D. O. Ferronatto. (1991) The female organs of reproduction and of symbiont transmission of eumolpine feeding on cacao trees in Brazil Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Eumolpinae. Revista Brasileira de Biologia 50(4):1003-1016.

Belshaw, R. & B. Bolton. (1994) A new myrmicine ant genus from cocoa leaf litter in Ghana (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History. 28(3):631-634.

Berbert, P. R. F. (1988) Malathion residues in cacao beans from pods harvested at different intervals after its application. Revista Theobroma. 18(2):115-122.

Bigger, M. (1993) Ant - Homopteran interactions in a tropical ecosystem. Description of an experiment on cocoa in Ghana. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 83(4):475-505.

Bigger, M. (1993) Time series analysis of variation in abundance of selected cocoa insects and fitting of simple linear predictive models. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 83(2):153-169.

Brevignon, C. (1993) Description of a new Ithomiinae from French Guiana Lep. Nymphalidae. Bulletin de la Societe Sciences Nat. (77):19.

Bullington, S. W. & R. L. Pienkowski. (1993) Dichlorvos and plastic covers affect insects infesting stored cocoa beans in dockside warehouses. Journal of Economic Entomology. 86(4):1151-1156.

Campbell, C. A. M. (1990) The Susceptibility of cocoa to Mealybugs Pseudococcidae and other honeydew-producing Homoptera in Ghana. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 80(2):137-152.

Campbell, C. A. M. (1994) Homoptera associated with the ants Crematogaster clariventris, Pheidole megacephala, and Tetramorium aculeatum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on cocoa in Ghana. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 84(3):313-318.

Casteels, H., Moermans, R., Miduturi, J. S., and R. De Clercq. (1996) Occurrence of insect pests in imported stored products in Belgium during the period 1991-1995. Mededelingen Faculteit Landbouwkundige en Toegepaste Biologische Wetenschappen Universiteit Gent. 61(3A):697-701.

Chong, K. (2001) The Management of Major Insect Pests of Cocoa in Southeast Asia using Dolichoderus thoracicus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Current Status of Research. Proceedings. Incoped 3rd International Seminar 16-17 October, 2000. Kota Kinabalu Sabah, Malaysia, pp. 50-53.

Cordeiro, R. M. F., and H. G. Fowler. (1995) Brachymyrmex sp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a successional dominant or tourist in the cocoa canopy ant mosaic? Cientifica. 23(2):279-282.

Dan, N., Abdullah, M., and N. Sulaiman. (1996) Notes of some land molluscs at Malaysian Agricultural Park, Shah Alam, Selangor. Malaysian Applied Biology. 24(2):101-104.

Day, R. K. (1983) Progress towards an integrated control programme for the cocoa pod-borer Acrocercops cramerella (Snellen) in Sabah. Newsletter of the Malaysian Plant Protection Society 7 (Suppl.): pp 6-7.

De Medeiros, M. A., Fowler, H. G., O. C. Bueno. (1995) Ant (Hym., formicidae) mosaic stability in Bahian cocoa plantations: Implications for management. Journal of Applied Entomology. 119(6):411-414.

De Waele, D. & A. V. Coomans. (1993) Four new species of Aphanolaimus de man 1880 Nematoda araeolaimida from South America. Fundamental and Applied Nematology. 16(1):87-95.

Dejean, A. & B. Bolton. (1995) Fauna sheltered by Procubitermes niapuensis termitaries of the African rainforest. Journal of African Zoology. 109(5-6):481-487.

Dejean, A., Nkongmeneck, B., Corbara, B., and C. Djieto Lordon. (1991) Impact of arboricolous ants on a population outbreak of Achaea catocaloides Lepidoptera Noctuidae in cocoa plantations of Cameroon and a study of their associated Homoptera. Acta Oecologica. 12(4):471-488.

Delabie ,J. H. C. (1988) Occurrence of Wasmannia auropunctata Roger 1863 Hymenoptera Formicidae Myrmicinae in cacao plantations in Bahia Brazil. Revista Theobroma. 18(1):29-38.

Delabie, J. H. C. And H. G. Fowler. (1993) Physical and biotic correlates of population fluctuations of dominant soil and litter ant species Hymenoptera Formicidae in Brazilian cocoa plantations. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 101(1):135-140.

Delabie, J. H. C. And H. G. Fowler. (1995) Soil and litter cryptic ant assemblages of Bahian cocoa plantations. Pedobiologia. 39(5):423-433.

Delabie, J. H. C. (1989) Observations on the occurrence of polygyny in colonies of Acromyrmex subterraneus Brunneus Forel 1893 Formicidae Myrmicinae attini in cocoa plantations. Anais Da Sociedade Entomologica do Brasil. 18(1):193-198.

Dhileepan, K. (1991) Insect pests of intercrops and their potential to infest oil palm in An oil palm-based agroforestry system in India. Tropical Pest Management 37(1):57-58.

Entwistle, P. F. (1972) Pests of Cocoa. Longman, London. 779 pp.

Erickson, E. H. Jr., Young, A. M., and B. J. Erickson. (1988) Pollen collection by honeybees Hymenoptera Apidae in a Costa Rican cacao Theobroma cacao plantation. Journal of Apicultural Research. 27(3):190-196.

Evans, H. C. (1973) Invertebrate vectors of Phytophthora palmivora, causing black pod disease of cocoa in Ghana. Annals of Applied Biology 75:331-345.

Falque, M., Lesdalons, C., and A. G. Eskes. (1996) Comparison of two cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) clones for the effect of pollination intensity on fruit set and seed content. Sexual Plant Reproduction. 9(4):221-227.

Falque, M., Vincent, A., Vaissiere, B. E., and A. B. Eskes. (1995) Effect of pollination intensity on fruit and seed set in cacao (Theobroma cacao L.). Sexual Plant Reproduction. 8(6):354-360.

Fowler, H. G. & J. H. C. Delabie. (1995) Resource partitioning among epigaeic and hypogaeic ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of a Brazilian cocoa plantation. Ecologia Austral. 5(2):117-124.

Fowler, H. G. (1994) Use of fallen cocoa pods by ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Southeastern Brazil. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 66(4):444-446.

Gabriel, D., Araujo, J. B. M., Coral, F. J., Tucci, M. L. S., Kupper, R. B., Martins, A. L. M., Saes, L. A., and G. G. Junior. (1991) Insects associated with pollination of cacao Theobroma cacao L. in Sao Paulo State Brazil. Anais Da Sociedade Entomologica do Brasil. 20(1):221-226.

Gagne, R. J., Ott, C., and S. S. Renner. (1997) A new species of gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) from Ecuador associated with flowers of Clavija (Theophrastaceae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 99(1):110-114.

Galef, B. G. Jr., Iliffe, C. P., E. E. Whiskin. (1994) Social influences on rats' (Rattus norvegicus) preferences for flavored foods, scented nest materials, and odors associated with harborage sites: Are flavored foods special? Journal of Comparative Psychology. 108(3):266-273.

Ghani Ibrahim, A. (1990) Effects of foliar applications of selected insecticides on cocoa pests and pollinators. Pertanika. 13(3):361-366.

Giesberger, G. (1983) Biological control of the Helopeltis pest of cocoa in Java. In Cocoa Research in Indonesia 1900-1950, Volume Two (eds. Toxopeus, H. and Wessel, P. C.) American Cocoa Research Institute and International Office of Cocoa and Chocolate, Wageningen: pp 91-180.

Gotsch, N. (1997) Cocoa crop protection: An expert forecast on future progress, research priorities, and policy with the help of the Delphi survey. Crop Protection. 16(3):227-233.

Hassan, E. (1995) Integrated pest management of cocoa weevil borer in the Northern Province of Papua New Guinea. Zeitschrift Fuer Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz. 102(3):312-319.

Hawkeswood, T. J. & D. Dauber. (1992) Review of the biology distribution and taxonomic history of Gnoma boisduvali Plavilstshikov a longhorn beetle from the rainforests of Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya Insecta Coleoptera Cerambycidae Lamiinae. Spixiana. 15(3):253-260.

Hay, A. (1991) A recent assessment of cocoa and pesticides in Brazil an unhealthy blend for plantation workers. Science of the Total Environment. 106(1-2):97-110.

Ho, C. T. & Khoo, K. C. (1997) Partners in biological control of cocoa pests: Mutualism between Dolichoderus thoracicus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and Cataenococcus hispidus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 87:461-470.

Hodgson, C. J. (1991) A revision of the scale insect Genera Etiennea and Platysaissetia Homoptera Coccidae with particular reference to Africa. Systematic Entomology 16 (2):173-222.

Hwang, J. S. & C. C. Hung. (1996) Gracillariid insect pests attacking litichi and longan in Taiwan. Plant Prot. Bull. 38(1):75-78.

Ibrahim, A. G. & D. K. B. Ibrahim. (1989) Biology of Lawana conspersa Walker Homoptera Flatidae a minor pest of cocoa in Malaysia. Malaysian Applied Biology. 18(2):93-98.

Idris, A. G., Ngazizah, I., Shamsiah, M., and A. H. Maizan. (19XX) Status of rodent pests of cocoa in cocoa-coconut interplanted smallholdings. Malaysian Agricultural Journal. 54(4):200-209.

Kamarudin, K. A.. Lee, C. H., and A. A. Munir. (1992) Wood-rat Rattus tiomanicus Miller population build-up in a cocoa-coconut plantation after field-poisoning. Mardi (Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute) Research Journal. 19(2):239-249.

Kassim, A. (1992) The effect of kocide 101 and kokotine on cocoa rehabilitation in the eastern region in Sierra Leone. Tropical Pest Management 38(2):206-209.

Khoo, K. C. & Chung, G. F. (1989) Use of the black cocoa ant to control mirid damage in cocoa. Planter 65:370-383.

Khoo, K. C. & Ho, C. T. (1992) The influence of Dolichoderus thoracicus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on losses due to Helopeltis theivora (Heteroptera: Miridae), black pod disease, and mammalian pests in cocoa in Malaysia. Bulletin of Entomological Research 82:485-491.

Kwee, L. T. (1989) A verticillium entomopathogen on the cocoa pest Lawana conspersa in Malaysia. Journal of Plant Protection in the Tropics. 6(3):189-192.

Laker, H. A., Trevisan, O., and J. L. Bezzera. (1993) Fungi associated with pods of cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) attacked by the borer Conotrachelus humeropictus Fiedler in Rondonia State, Brazil. Tropical Agriculture. 70(4):332-336.

Lim, G. T. & Phua, P. K. (1986) Effect of cocoa podborer Acrocercops cramerella (Snellen) on yield and bean size. In Cocoa and Coconuts: Progress and Outlook (eds. Pushparajah, E. & Chew, P. S.), Incorporated Society of Planters, Kuala Lumpur: pp 325-336.

Lim, G. T. (1992) Biology, ecology and control of cocoa pod borer Conopomorpha cramerella (Snellen). In Cocoa Pest and Disease Management in Southeast Asia and Australasia (eds. Keane, P. J. & Putter, C. A. J.) FAO, Rome: pp 85-100.

Loiacono, M, S. (1995) On Phanuropsis semifalviventris (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae): parasitoid of pentatomidae eggs. Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina. 54(1-4):75-76.

Luo, Y. M. & Q. A. Jin. (1991) A study on the mosquito bug infesting cashew in Hainan Island China. Acta Entomologica Sinica. 34(1):60-67.

Majer, J. D. & J. H. C. Delabie. (1993) An evaluation of Brazilian cocoa farm ants as potential biological control agents. Journal of Plant Protection in the Tropics. 10(1):43-49.

Majer, J. D., Delabie, J. H. C., and M. R. B. Smith. (1994) Arboreal ant community patterns in Brazilian cocoa farms. Biotropica. 26(1):73-83.

Mariau, D., Decazy, B., Quilici, S., Mallet, B., Morin, J. P., Arbonnier, M., and R. Philippe. (1997) Biological control of tropical tree crop pest. Plantations Recherche Develeppement. 4(4):229-235.

Martinelli, N. M. & R. A. Zucchi. (1997) Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Tibicinidae) on coffee plants: Distribution, hosts and key to species. Anais Da Sociedade Entomologica do Brasil. 26(1):133-143.

Mbata, G. N. (1989) Studies on some aspects of the biology of Corcyra cephalonica Stainton Lepidoptera Galleriidae. Journal of Stored Products Research. 25(4) 181-186.

Medeiro, M. A. D., Fowler, H. G., J. H. C. Delabie. (1995) The ant mosaic (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of cocoa plantations in southern Bahia. Cientifica. 23(2):291-300.

Nguyen Ban, J. (1996) Cocoa disease and pest control. Plantations Recherche Developpement. 3(3):191-195.

Ooi, P. A. C., Chan, L. G., Khoo, K. C., Teoh, C. H., Mamat, M. J., Ho, C. T. & Lim, G. S. (1987) Introduction to the cocoa pod borer. In Management of the Cocoa Pod Borer (eds. Ooi, P. A. C., Chan, L. G., Khoo, K. C., Teoh, C. H., Mamat, M. J., Ho, C. T. and Lim, G. S.), Malaysian Plant Protection Society, Kuala Lumpur: pp l-6.

Padi, B. & J. Den Hollander. (1996) Morphological variation in Planococcoides njalensis occurring on cocoa in Ghana. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 79(3):317-328.

Parreno, M. & B. Larsen. (1993) Determination of organochlorine pesticides in vegetables by cyclic steam distillation and capillary GC-ECD. Journal of Trace and Microprobe Techniques. 11(1-3):133-142.

Perez, A. M. (1994) Edge effect (Tropical rain forest-cocoa plantation) in land snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Revista de Biologia Tropical. 42(3):745-746.

Quesada, B. L. & J. Montoya-Lerma. (1994) Laboratory evaluation of chlorfluazuron against larval phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae). Journal of Economic Entomology. 87(5):1129-1132.

Roisin, Y. & J. M. Pasteels. (1991) Polymorphism In The Giant Cocoa Termite Neotermes papua Desneux. Insectes Sociaux-Social Insects. 38(3):263-272.

Roisin, Y. & J. M. Pasteels. (1991) Sex ratio and asymmetry between the sexes in the production of replacement reproductives in the termite Neotermes papua Desneux. Ethology Ecology and Evolution. 3(4):327-336.

Roth, D. S., Perfecto, I., and B. Rathcke. (1994) The effects of management systems on ground-foraging ant diversity in Costa Rica. Ecological Applications. 4(3):423-436.

Samson, R. A. & H. C. Evans. (1992) New species of Gibellula on spiders Araneida from South America. Mycologia. 84(3):300-314.

See, Y. A. & K. C. Khoo. (1996) Influence of Dolichoderus thoracicus on cocoa pod damage by Conopomorpha cramerella in Malaysia. Bulletin Entomol. Res. 86(4):467-474.

Silva, P. (1988) New pests of cacao tree in the reconcavo of Bahia Brazil. Revista Theobroma. 18(4):269-272

Sivapragasam, A. (1990) Insect species of stored cocoa beans in peninsular Malaysia. Mardi (Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute) Research Journal. 18(1):81-88.

Tinkeu, L. S. N. & J. N. Ban. (1994) Studies on the predatory activities of Baccha picta (Diptera Syrphidae) and Chrysopa sp (Neuroptera) on psyllid larvae of cacao Mesohomotoma tessmanni. Mededelingen Faculteit Landbouwkundige en Toegepaste Biologische Wetenschappen Universiteit Gent. 59(2B):709-715.

Ubaidillah, R. (1996) A new species of Brachymeria (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae), parasitic on the cocoa husk borer, Cryptophlebia encarpa (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in Malaysia. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 86(4):481-484.

Valenzuela, G. J., Lopez, M. A., and A. B. Garcia. (1995) Activity cycle and foraging of Pachycondyla villosa (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in cacao tree agricultural ecosystems of the Soconusco region, Chiapas, Mexico. Folia Entomologica Mexicana. 0(91):9-21.

Valenzuela, G. J., Lopez, M. A., and J. P. Lachaud. (1995) Activity patterns and foraging activity in nests of Ectatomma tuberculatum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in cacao plantations. Southwestern Entomologist 20(4):507-515.

Van Achterberg, C. (1989) Four new genera of Braconinae and Rogadinae from the oriental region Hymenoptera Braconidae. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden). 63(1-10):79-96.

Voss, E. (19XX) Plectrophoroides incertus new-species a pest Coleoptera of the cacao tree. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. 34(2):457-462.

Way, M. J. & K. C. Khoo. (1991) Colony dispersion and nesting habits of the ants Dolichoderus thoracicus and Oecophylla smaragdina Hymenoptera Formicidae in relation to their success as biological control agents on cocoa. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 81(3):341-350.

Wellington, G. M. (1992) Habitat selection and juvenile persistence control the distribution of two closely related caribbean damselfishes. Oecologia (Heidelberg). 90(4):500-508.

Wirth, W. W. (1991) New and little-known species of Forcipomyia Diptera Ceratopogonidae associated with cocoa pollination in Brazil. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 93(1):163-175.

Wood, B. J. & Chung, G. F. (1992) Integrated management of insect pests of cocoa in Malaysia. In Cocoa Pest and Disease Management in Southeast Asia and Australasia (eds. Keane, P. J. & Putter, C. A. J.) FAO, Rome: pp 45-62.

Yao, Z. W. & S. K. Liu. (1990) Two Gracillariid insect pests attacking litchi and longan. Acta Entomologica Sinica. 33(2):207-212.

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