Kumarasinghe, N.C. 2003 Insect fauna associated with sugarcane plantations in Sri Lanka.. Journal of Environmental Biology 24(4): 359-368.

Notes: A survey conducted over 13 years (1986-1999) in sugarcane plantations in Sri Lanka to identify insects associated with sugarcane recorded a total of 103 insect species comprising 31 Coleoptera, 2 Dictyoptera, 5 Diptera, 12 Heteroptera, 18 Homoptera, 7 Hymenoptera, 3 Isoptera, 13 Lepidoptera, 9 Orthoptera, and one species each of Thysanoptera, Neuroptera and Trichoptera. Among them were 46 species of sugarcane pests. In addition, 27 species of natural enemies of sugarcane pests belonging to the orders Coleoptera, Diptera and Hymenoptera were identified. Epiricania melanoleuca, introduced into Sri Lanka from Pakistan in 1991 for the control of the sugarcane planthopper, was also recorded. Five new pest species previously not recorded from sugarcane in Sri Lanka have been identified, namely Sogata sp., Saccharolecanium krugeri, Antonina graminis, Dysmicoccus brevipes and D. boninsis.