Dereodus mastos, is a species of weevil found in India, Sri Lanka and introduced to Australia.[1]
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| Species: | D. mastos
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Description edit
This species has a body length is about 8.75 to 9.5 mm. Body shining black, clothely variegated with whitish or greyish scales. Head shallowly punctate. Circular eyes are very prominent, and subconical. There is a denser stripe found on each side of the head. A broad lateral stripe can be seen on the prothorax and an indistinct narrow central stripe. Elytra slightly acuminate behind and apices are shortly mucronate. In male, elytra variegated with small scattered spots. Sometimes there is an ill-defined broad lateral stripe on elytra.[2]
Adult beetles feed on tender leaves of Manilkara zapota.[3] Instead, it is also found in plants such as Vachellia nilotica, Hibiscus cannabinus and Vachellia nilotica indica.[4][5][6][7]
References edit
- ^ "Dereodus mastos (Herbst, 1797)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
- ^ "THE FAUNA OF BRITISH INDIA, INCLUDING CEYLON AND BURMA: COLEOPTERA. RHYNCHOPHORA :-CURCULIONIDaE" (PDF). faunaofindia. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
- ^ "Dereodus mastos Hbst. (Curculionidae: Coleoptera); a pest on sapota". www.cabdirect.org. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
- ^ Dhileepan, Kunjithapatham; Balu, Ayyapillai; Murugesan, Selvaraj; Senthilkumar, Ponnusamy; Shivas, Roger G. (2013-06-01). "Survey and prioritisation of potential biological control agents for prickly acacia (Acacia nilotica subsp. indica) in southern India". Biocontrol Science and Technology. 23 (6): 646–664. Bibcode:2013BioST..23..646D. doi:10.1080/09583157.2013.788689. S2CID 86180215. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
- ^ "Prospects for the biological control of prickly acacia, Acacia nilotica (L.) Willd. ex Del. (Mimosaceae) in Australia" (PDF). Plant Protection Quarterly Vol.10(1) 1995. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
- ^ Dhileepan, K. (2015). "New biocontrol opportunities for prickly acacia: exploration in India". www.mla.com.au. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
- ^ "New biological control opportunities for prickly acacia: exploration in India" (PDF). Seventeenth Australasian Weeds Conference. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
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