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Rhynchophorus cycadis Erichson. Rhynchophorus depressus Chevrolat. Rhynchophorus languinosus Chevrolat. The South American palm weevil, Rhynchophorus palmarum, is a species of snout beetle. The adults are relatively large black beetles of approximately one and a half inch in length, and the larvae may grow to two inches in length.
Rhynchophorus, or common name palm weevils, is a genus of beetles in the weevil family, Curculionidae. Palm weevils are major pests of various trees in the family Arecaceae throughout the tropics including: coconut (Cocos nucifera), Areca catechu, species of the genus Phoenix, and Metroxylon sagu. [3] Two species are invasive pests outside ...
Zyzzyva / ˈzɪzɪvə / is a genus of South American weevils, often found on or near palm trees. [1] It was first described in 1922 by Thomas Lincoln Casey Jr., based on specimens obtained in Brazil by Herbert Huntingdon Smith. [2]: 2, 369. Casey describes Zyzzyva ochreotecta in his book Memoirs on the Coleoptera, Volume 10: [2]: 369–370.
A tag-team effort from a destructive beetle known as the South American palm weevil and a fungus called Fusarium The worrying thing is, officials don’t know exactly how many trees have been lost ...
The palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus is one of two species of snout beetle known as the red palm weevil, Asian palm weevil or sago palm weevil.The adult beetles are relatively large, ranging between 2 and 4 centimetres (1 and 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches) long, and are usually a rusty red colour—but many colour variants exist and have often been classified as different species (e.g., R. vulneratus).
The vector, Rhynchophorus palmarum (the South American palm weevil), [MP 7] carries the dauer [MP 6] /J3 stage to healthy palms. Female weevils are internally infested around the oviducts, when they lay their eggs in the palm they also disseminate the nematode.
The palm weevil Rhynchophorus vulneratus is one of two species of snout beetle known as the red palm weevil, Asian palm weevil, or Sago palm weevil.The adult beetles are relatively large, ranging between 2 and 4 centimetres (1 and 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches) long, and vary from a rusty red colour to almost entirely black; many colour variants exist and have led to considerable confusion with other ...
African Palm Beetles can reach a body length of about 25 mm. These large beetles are considered a serious pest in palm plantations, particularly damaging young palms, mainly Cocos nucifera, Metroxylon sagu, Raphia species, Elaeis guineensis and Phoenix dactylifera. The life cycle of the African Palm Weevil is similar to that of other ...