Influence of Temperature on the Interaction for Resource Utilization Between Fall Armyworm, (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), and a Community of Lepidopteran Maize Stemborers Larvae.

Intra- and interspecific interactions within communities of species that utilize the same resources are characterized by competition or facilitation. The noctuid stemborers, and , and the crambid stemborer, were the most important pests of maize in sub-Saharan Africa before the recent "invasion" of fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda, which currently seriously limits maize yields in Africa. This new pest is interacting with the stemborer community at the larval stage in the use of maize resources.