Myllocerus delicatulus

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Myllocerus delicatulus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Myllocerus
Species:
M. delicatulus
Binomial name
Myllocerus delicatulus
(Fahraeus, 1871)
Synonyms
  • Phyllobius delicatulusFahraeus, 1871
  • Myllocerus delicatulusBoheman, 1843
  • Phyllobius mimicusWalker, 1859
  • Myllocerus viridansFaust, 1897

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. [2]

It is a known pest of Litchi chinensis and Moringa oleifera . [3] [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Myllocerus delicatulus (Fahraeus, 1871)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
  2. ↑ "THE FAUNA OF BRITISH INDIA, INCLUDING CEYLON AND BURMA: COLEOPTERA. RHYNCHOPHORA :-CURCULIONIDaE" (PDF). faunaofindia. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  3. ↑ "Seasonal incidence of Ash weevil (Myllocerus undecimputulatus) population on Litchi". The Ecoscan: Special issue, Vol. VIII: 161-165: 2015. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
  4. ↑ Math, M.; Narabenchi, G. (2014). "Management of drumstick pod fly, Gitona distigma (Meigen)". S2CID   110252923.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)


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