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Research Project: PROTECTION OF SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL AGRICULTURE COMMODITIES AND ORNAMENTALS FROM EXOTIC INSECTS

Location: Miami, Florida

Title: Update on an undescribed Baradinae weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) that feeds on Amaryllidaceae

Authors
item Epsky, Nancy
item Weissling, T - UNIV OF NEBRASKA
item Meerow, Alan

Submitted to: Entomological Society of America Regional Meeting Proceedings
Publication Type: Abstract
Publication Acceptance Date: February 15, 2008
Publication Date: March 3, 2008
Citation: Epsky, N.D., Weissling, T.J., Meerow, A.W. 2008. Update on an undescribed Baradinae weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) that feeds on Amaryllidaceae. Entomological Society of America Regional Meeting Proceedings.

Technical Abstract: In the early 1990¿s, a weevil was observed feeding on and occasionally killing amaryllis (Amaryllidaceae) plants in Florida, and it was determined to be an unknown genus and species in the subfamily Baridinae. Information on damage by and basic biology of this insect will be presented.

   

 
Project Team
Epsky, Nancy
Heath, Robert - Bob
Kendra, Paul
 
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