Behavioral aspects and predation of seeds of Cardiospermum grandiflorum Swartz (Sapindaceae) by Cissoanthonomus tuberculipennis Hustache (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Authors

Silvana Lampert, Universidade Federal do Paraná, BrazilFollow
Marcoandre Savaris, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil
Germano H. Rosado-Neto, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil
Paul Roberto Valle da Silva Pereira, Embrapa Trigo, Laboratório de Entomologia, BrazilFollow

Date of this Version

10-2013

Citation

Insecta Mundi 0320: 1-4

Comments

Published in 2013 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. P. O. Box 141874 Gainesville, FL 32614-1874 USA http://www.centerforsystematicentomology.org/

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Abstract

For the first time in Brazil, the weevil Cissoanthonomus tuberculipennis Hustache, 1939 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) are reported preying on seeds of Cardiospermum grandiflorum Swartz (Sapindaceae). Observations are presented on oviposition and larval behavior, pupation site, and adult emergence. Photos of host plant, egg, larva, pupa and adult are provided.