Pepper weevil
Pepper weevil | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Curculionidae |
Subfamily: | Curculioninae |
Tribe: | Anthonomini |
Genus: | Anthonomus |
Species: | A. eugenii |
Binomial name | |
Anthonomus eugenii Cano, 1894 | |
Synonyms | |
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The pepper weevil (Anthonomus eugenii) feeds and lays eggs on the genus Capsicum and a few species of Solanum (Solanaceae).[1] It is an important pest of Capsicum in Florida, Puerto Rico, and Central America.[2]
Life history
Catolaccus hunteri Crawford is a parasitoid that preys on A. eugenii in Florida.[2]
References
- ↑ K. M. Addesso; H. J. McAuslane; P. A. Stansly; D. J. Schuster (2007). "Host-marking by female pepper weevils, Anthonomus eugenii". Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata.
- 1 2 Schuster, David J. "Suppression of Anthonomus eugenii (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) pepper fruit infestation with releases of Catolaccus hunteri (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)". Biocontrol Science and Technology, Volume 17, Number 4, 2007 , pp. 345-351(7).
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