Wheat is one of the three major food crops in China,which is damaged by a variety of pests during production.During the investigation of wheat diseases and insect pests in Tongnan district of Chongqing,a new lepidopteran pest was found to harm wheat,and it was identified as Spilarctia bisecta by morphological and CO Ⅰgene sequences.Various pests in the genus Spilarctia were found to damage crops,but there has been no confirmed report of S.bisecta harming wheat in China.This discovery warns us of the potential pests of wheat and other gramineous crops.
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