Biology:Oxydema fusiforme
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Short description: Species of beetle
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| Superfamily: | Curculionoidea
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| Genus: | Oxydema
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| Species: | O. fusiforme
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| Oxydema fusiforme Wollaston, 1873
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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
- ↑ "citrus flower beetle (Oxydema fusiforme )" (in en). 2019-05-15. http://www.invasive.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=5585954.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "COSSONINAE OF MARCUS ISLAND (Col., Curculionidae)". https://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2115/9563/1/19(1-2)_p64-64.pdf.
- ↑ "Insects and other arthropods from Midway Atoll". https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/10821/17_289-298.pdf.
- ↑ Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1942-06-01). "Oxydema fusiforme Wollaston". https://zenodo.org/record/5169647.
- ↑ "Pherobase Invasive :: Species Detail - Oxydema fusiforme". https://www.pherobase.com/database/invasive-species/species-Oxydema-fusiforme.php.
- ↑ "Further notes on the forest insects of Molokai". https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/15788/PHES07_293-314.pdf.
- ↑ "The life history of the gizzard-worm (Cheilospirura hamulosa) and its mode of transmission to chickens, with special reference to Hawaiian conditions". https://www.cabdirect.org/?target=%2fcabdirect%2fabstract%2f19380801034.
Wikidata ☰ Q108470731 entry
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