Myllocerus delicatulus
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Myllocerus delicatulus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Curculionidae |
Genus: | Myllocerus |
Species: | M. delicatulus
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Binomial name | |
Myllocerus delicatulus (Fahraeus, 1871)
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Myllocerus delicatulus, is a species of weevil found in India and Sri Lanka.[1]
Description
This species has a body length is about 2.5 to 3.5 mm. Body piceous, with uniform light yellowish-green scales. Heacl subconical. Eyes dorsal. Forehead not impressed. Antennae flavescent. Prothorax transverse, and subcylindrical. Elytra, with less strongly rounded bases. Legs flavescent. and the femora with a single small tooth.[2]
It is a known pest of Litchi chinensis and Moringa oleifera.[3][4]
References
- ^ "Myllocerus delicatulus (Fahraeus, 1871)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
- ^ "THE FAUNA OF BRITISH INDIA, INCLUDING CEYLON AND BURMA: COLEOPTERA. RHYNCHOPHORA :-CURCULIONIDaE" (PDF). faunaofindia. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
- ^ "Seasonal incidence of Ash weevil (Myllocerus undecimputulatus) population on Litchi". The Ecoscan: Special issue, Vol. VIII: 161-165: 2015. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
- ^ Math, M.; Narabenchi, G. (2014). "Management of drumstick pod fly, Gitona distigma (Meigen)". S2CID 110252923. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
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