Fig 1.
Map of Kenya highlighting the Kenyan coast region and the distribution of the infesting insects (the metarbelid moth and Bottegia rubra) in the surveyed sites.
Fig 2.
The two woodborer species infesting S. alba in Kenya.
Fig 3.
Growth stages of the two insect pests infesting on S. alba.
Fig 4.
Degree and lowest height of infestation on S. alba by the metarbelid moth and B. rubra in Gazi and Mida.
Table 1.
Infestation of the four sampling sites in Gazi.
The figures are percentage totals ± standard deviation of new and old infestation inside the sampling plots. No species other than S. alba were infested in any of the studied plots.
Fig 5.
Scheme diagram of the hosts’ protection mechanisms against infestation by the insect pests.
Fig 6.
Scheme indicating the major and common mangrove zones, with the tidal range and presence of insect infestation of both metarbelid moth and B. rubra, as observed along the Kenyan coast.