A new bamboo pest——Tetramesa cereipes
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Key Words:Tetramesa cereipes, morphology, bionomics, Bashania fargesii, Beijing
Abstract: Tetramesa cereipes Erdos is a new bamboo pest from China, damaging twigs of Bashania fargesii Keng in Beijing. It has one generation per year in Beijing. It overwinters as mature larvae in its host gall, pupates in late next March, and the adults get out of their host gall between early April and late May. The duration of larvae was usually from midMay to late November. Besides, the morphologies of all stages are described.