Oxydema fusiforme explained

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.[6] It is also an intermediate host of the nematode, Cheilospirura hamulosa.[7]

Notes and References

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

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