1981
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.1981.tb01705.x
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Studies on Brachycerus spinicollis Bedel. (Curculionidae, Coleoptera), a destructive species of sand‐dune plants in the Egyptian Western Desert

Abstract: Brachycerus spinicollis Bedel, is reported to be one of the common destructive species for some plants that fix the sanddunes in the coastal ridge in the Egyptian western desert. The weevil seems to be a monophytophagous species on Pancratium maritimum L. plant (A maryllidaceae). Its adults and larvae feed on the leaves and root system of the plant. In this respect, activity, adaptable to desert life, optimum mating period, the population fluctuation, feeding consumption, habits, longevity and behaviour of thi… Show more

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