Additional Alternate Hosts of the Sweetpotato Weevils Cylas formicarius elegantulus and Euscepes postfasciatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Hawaii

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Title:	Additional Alternate Hosts of the Sweetpotato Weevils Cylas formicarius elegantulus and Euscepes postfasciatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Hawaii
Authors:	Muruvanda, Devaiah A. Beardsley, John W. Mitchell, Wallace C.
Issue Date:	Mar 1986
Publisher:	Hawaiian Entomological Society
Citation:	Muruvanda DA, Beardsley JW, Mitchell WC. 1986. Additional alternate hosts of the sweetpotato weevils Cylas formicarius elegantulus and Euscepes postfasciatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Hawaii. Proc Hawaiian Entomol Soc 26:93-96.
Abstract:	Laboratory and field studies of food preferences and alternate hosts were conducted with the sweetpotato weevils Cylas formicarius elegantulus (Summers) and Euscepes posfasciatus (Fairmairc). Results demonstrated that carrot roots could be an alternate host for C. formicarius elegantulus larvae and adults. Radish roots could serve as an alternate host for only adult survival, for both species of weevils. Among the convolvulaceous hosts recorded, Ipomoea horsfalliae Hook and /. obscura (L.) Ker. are new hosts for C. formicarius elegantulus.
Pages/Duration:	4 pages
URI/DOI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10125/11198
ISSN:	0073-134X
Appears in Collections:	Volume 26 – March 1986 : Hawaiian Entomological Society

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