Oxydema fusiforme

Oxydema fusiforme
Oxydema fusiforme, Hawaii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Clade:	Phytophaga
Superfamily:	Curculionoidea
Family:	Curculionidae
Genus:	Oxydema
Species:	O. fusiforme
Binomial name
Oxydema fusiforme Wollaston, 1873

Oxydema fusiforme, commonly known as citrus flower beetle, ^[1] is a species of weevil widely distributed in Indo-Pacific islands such as Sri Lanka, the Seychelles, Rodriguez Island, the Marquesas Islands, the Samoan Islands, the Hawaiian Islands, Guam Island, and Marcus Island. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Biology

Adult beetles are collected from a rotten log of Tournefortia argentea . The other host plants include, Aleurites moluccana and Pandanus odorifer . ^{[2] [6]} It is also an intermediate host of the nematode, Cheilospirura hamulosa . ^[7]

References

1. "citrus flower beetle (Oxydema fusiforme )". Invasive.Org. 2019-05-15. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
2. "COSSONINAE OF MARCUS ISLAND (Col., Curculionidae)" (PDF). INSECTA MATSUMURANA : [Vol. 19, Nos. 1-2. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
3. "Insects and other arthropods from Midway Atoll" (PDF). scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
4. Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1942-06-01). "Oxydema fusiforme Wollaston" . Retrieved 2021-08-25.
5. "Pherobase Invasive :: Species Detail - Oxydema fusiforme". www.pherobase.com. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
6. "Further notes on the forest insects of Molokai" (PDF). scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
7. "The life history of the gizzard-worm (Cheilospirura hamulosa) and its mode of transmission to chickens, with special reference to Hawaiian conditions". www.cabdirect.org. Retrieved 2021-08-25.