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The study sought to confirm reports by farmers and agricultural extension personnel of Prostephanus truncatus (Horn) attacking harvested maize in Mashonaland West and Mashonaland Central provinces of Zimbabwe and to map out, using pheromone trap catch data, the distribution of the pest in the country. A survey of 296 respondents confirmed the presence of P. truncatus in five districts of the provinces...