FECUNDITY OF THE SISAL WEEVIL, SCYPHOPHORUS ACUPUNCTATUS (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE), ON POLIANTHES TUBEROSA (LILIALES: AGAVACEAE)

Estimating dispersal rate of the silky cane weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)*

The objective of this study was to estimate the silky cane weevil rate of dispersal under near-natural conditions inside a screened enclosure where an array of buckets was baited with cut sugarcane stalks. One hundred weevils were released and weevils inside the buckets were counted hourly for 8 h, and then 24 and 48 h after release. A passive diffusion model was used to estimate the weevil’s d...

A reclassification of the weevil subfamily Cyclominae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

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Sunflower Resistance to the Red Sunflower Seed Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Organic Treatments for Control of Pepper Weevil (coleoptera: Curculionidae)

The pepper weevil, Anthonomus eugenii Cano (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is a major pest of pepper (Capsicum spp.; Solanales: Solanaceae) in the southern United States, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. Feeding and oviposition cause flower and fruit abscission and internal fruit damage resulting in serious yield losses. Females lay eggs in flower buds and small fruits, shielding larvae f...

Response of cranberry weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to host plant volatiles.

The oligophagous cranberry weevil, Anthonomus musculus Say, causes economic losses to blueberry growers in New Jersey because females deposit eggs into developing flower buds and subsequent larval feeding damages buds, which fail to produce fruit. A cost-effective and reliable method is needed for monitoring this pest to correctly time insecticide applications. We studied the behavioral and ant...