Biology of the orchid weevil, Orchidophilus aterrimus (Waterhouse)

• Main Authors: Hirao, Gliceria A., Gabriel, Bernardo P., Facundo, Henry T.
• 格式: text
• 出版: Animo Repository 2001
• 主題: Beetles; Biology; Entomology
• 在線閱讀: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/4922
• 機構: De La Salle University

The orchid weevil, Orchidophilus aterrimus (Waterhouse), went through egg, five larval instars, pupa and adult stages in 64.72 days on Dendrobium leaves and 81.50 days on whole plants. These developmental rates are faster than those reported in Hawaii. Its small oval eggs were laid singly and insert...