# Talk:Eldana

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Hello,
I am currently expanding this article. I have included several new sections including distribution, mating, life cycle, and others. 
Slzeng (talk) 01:05, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

Overall, I thought the article was well-written and gave a lot of information about the E. saccharina species. I edited the page for spelling and grammar, added several Wikipedia hyperlinks, and fixed the formatting of the species name. I also changed all instances of "sugar cane" to "sugarcane" for consistency, because both ways were originally included. My main confusion stems from the objective of the page. While the article is called "Eldana" and the first sentence references that the genus, the rest of the article describes the only species that the genus contains, E. saccharina. To avoid confusion, it might be better to make a separate E. saccharina Wiki page and keep the "Eldana" page as a general description of the genus. Also, the "Description" section is a little repetitive from both the lead paragraph and the "Adult" section of "Life history," so it might be easier to read if the information from that section was integrated into "Life history." Aside from that, I thought the information was conveyed well. Catejiang (talk) 22:34, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

I made several wording/phrasing edits throughout the article to help improve the format as well as flow of the entry. There are several sections of the article that might need another quick run through to check for needed citations. The ones I noticed in particular were in the Lead section and “Geographic range." I also edited the section headings to follow the sentence case that is stylistically required by Wikipedia. I think that another way to clarify the content being conveyed would be to specify if the preferences or behaviors described in the "Pests of crop plants" and "Hostplants"sections are caterpillars or if they are adults. It also could be interesting to focus on social behaviors that are demonstrated by this species, particular because they do appear to demonstrate strong grouping behaviors when mating. Nice job overall!
J.Prakash2344 (talk) 18:09, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

This article is very well written and informative. I had only a few suggestions. In the predators section, in the first section, I changed the word “morality” to “mortality,” and I also italicized Dorylus. Another suggestion that I have is to add in information about each instar larva into the Larva section. In the parasite section, the 4-6 instar larvae are mentioned, but no other information is given about the life cycle of the larva, so that could be useful to add. 
In addition, it could be beneficial to add in a section about the control of this organism, since it is a pest. You could add more about what research is being done to come up with pest control solutions, or what solutions are already available. I added in a paragraph about this and I cited one source that could provide some information about this.S.srivatsa

This review is transcluded from Talk:Eldana/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: Casliber (talk · contribs) 12:37, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

Hi, I am taking a look and making some straightforward copyedits as I go. I'll jot questions/issues below: Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:38, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

Needs a taxonomy section up the top (generally first section before description - who named it, what does its name mean, what's it related to, any other names.
Earwig's copyvio clear (a good thing!)
I note that the nominator hasn't edited since Dec 2017, so will leave open for seven days and see if there is some action here. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:53, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

I have started a Taxonomy section. I have not been able to find who named this particular moth, but all other information is being added.
Slzeng (talk) 23:55, 15 February 2018 (UTC)

Adult African sugar-cane borers are relatively small.  - doesn't really mean anything - a giant centipede or rhinoceros beetle is large for an insect but could be called "small"... - let the measurements speak for the article
material in lead should be mentioned in article. Hence cassava as host plant is in lead but not in body of text...needs to be added..or removed from lead
how big are the eggs. lots of "eggs" in egg section, try to rework so "egg" is said less often...
I sorta meant more like this, so done now Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:01, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
All scientific names in Parasites section should be in italics
link incubation, pupate.
The Pests of crop plants repeats/overlaps with Host plants - try and move some content there and limit the bottom section to talking about control or something.
I have addressed the previous edits. However, I was unable to find the size of eggs. I did include the amount of eggs typically laid instead. 
Slzeng (talk) 18:23, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay. I have been busy. Will get back to this soon Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:01, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
Please let me know if you have any additional edits. Also, could you explain in more detail what you meant by moving content from pest of crop plants to host plants?
Slzeng (talk) 03:36, 4 March 2018 (UTC)

@Slzeng: actually my bad - I thought there was more overlap between the two sections. Also it would be ideal to have all in the one place, but looking at the article that is difficult to do without breaking the flow, so don't worry. Just looking over it again. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 10:31, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
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5. Reasonably stable?

No edit wars, etc. (Vandalism does not count against GA): 
6. Illustrated by images, when possible and appropriate?:

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Pass or Fail:  - ok, it is a bit more bare than some Good Articles I have passed...but insects are hard to write about! Thanks for being persistent. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 10:45, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
Great,
is there anything else that I need to do? This is my first time submitting for GA status.
Slzeng (talk) 02:32, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Oops/sorry. forgot to update. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 02:57, 6 March 2018 (UTC)