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© IRD / Olivier Barrière Arable land denshering around Elahé, Amerindian village Wayana in French Guiana Indigo 44480  

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Densovirus offers hope for biological control of Egypt’s major cotton pest

November 2004

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© IRD / Gilles Fédière Larve de dernier stade du défoliateur égyptien (Egyptian Leafworm) Spodoptera littoralis (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) sur feuille de luzerne Indigo 26150  

The noctuid lepidopteran Spodoptera littoralis, or Egyptian Cotton Leafworm, is the main insect pest that threatens cotton plantations in Egypt.