Dereodus mastos explained

Dereodus mastos, is a species of weevil found in India, Sri Lanka and introduced to Australia.[1]

Description

This species has a body length is about 8.75 to 9.5 mm. Body shining black, clothely variegated with whitish or greyish scales. Head shallowly punctate. Circular eyes are very prominent, and subconical. There is a denser stripe found on each side of the head. A broad lateral stripe can be seen on the prothorax and an indistinct narrow central stripe. Elytra slightly acuminate behind and apices are shortly mucronate. In male, elytra variegated with small scattered spots. Sometimes there is an ill-defined broad lateral stripe on elytra.[2] Adult beetles feed on tender leaves of Manilkara zapota.[3] Instead, it is also found in plants such as Vachellia nilotica, Hibiscus cannabinus and Vachellia nilotica indica.[4] [5] [6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dereodus mastos (Herbst, 1797) . 2021-08-17 . www.gbif.org . en.
  2. Web site: THE FAUNA OF BRITISH INDIA, INCLUDING CEYLON AND BURMA: COLEOPTERA. RHYNCHOPHORA :-CURCULIONIDaE . 2021-08-15 . faunaofindia.
  3. Web site: Dereodus mastos Hbst. (Curculionidae: Coleoptera); a pest on sapota. . 2021-08-17 . www.cabdirect.org.
  4. Dhileepan . Kunjithapatham . Balu . Ayyapillai . Murugesan . Selvaraj . Senthilkumar . Ponnusamy . Shivas . Roger G. . 2013-06-01 . Survey and prioritisation of potential biological control agents for prickly acacia (Acacia nilotica subsp. indica) in southern India . 2021-08-17 . Biocontrol Science and Technology . 23 . 6 . 646–664 . 10.1080/09583157.2013.788689. 2013BioST..23..646D . 86180215 .
  5. Web site: Prospects for the biological control of prickly acacia, Acacia nilotica (L.) Willd. ex Del. (Mimosaceae) in Australia . 2021-08-16 . Plant Protection Quarterly Vol.10(1) 1995.
  6. Web site: Dhileepan . K. . 2015 . New biocontrol opportunities for prickly acacia: exploration in India . 2021-08-17 . www.mla.com.au.
  7. Web site: New biological control opportunities for prickly acacia: exploration in India . 2021-08-16 . Seventeenth Australasian Weeds Conference.

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