The fruit borer and the cacao stem (Carmenta theobromae, Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) in the Zarumilla valley, Tumbes, Peru.

Since 2009, the presence of a pest insect of an unidentified species whose larvae pierce the stems and fruits of the cocoa plant, affecting the commercial value of the fruits by the invasion of secondary pathogenic microorganisms, has been demonstrated in the cocoa plantations of the Zarumilla valle...