Hostname: page-component-cd9895bd7-hc48f Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-22T19:47:05.883Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

An Account of the Weevil Larvae bred from the Banana Plant in Uganda, with A Description of the Larva of Temnoschoita nigroplagiata (Qued.) (Col., Curc.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Paul E. S. Whalley
Paul E. S. Whalley
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, Uganda.
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Extract

The two weevils associated with the living stems of the banana plant in Uganda are Cosmopolites sordidus (Germ.) and Temnoschoita nigroplagiata (Qued.); the damage caused by the former has been known for many years but the latter, which usually breeds in rotting stems, has only recently been shown to attack living ones. T. nigroplagiata occurs in every banana-growing area in the territory and is particularly abundant in some parts of western Uganda where C. sordidus, which is otherwise widespread, is rare or absent. Other species of Temnoschoita associated with the banana plant that occur in Uganda but that are rare, are T. basipennis Duv., bred from larvae in rotting pseudostems, and T. erudita, Duv., known only from the adult.

The full-grown larva of T. nigroplagiata is described in detail and characters are given for separating the larva and pupa of this species from those of C. sordidus.

Type
Research Paper
Information
Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 49 , Issue 3 , September 1958 , pp. 421 - 426
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1958

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Alibert, H. (1938). Etude sur les insectes parasites du palmier à huile au Dahomey.—Rev. Bot. appl., 18, pp. 745–773.Google Scholar
Anderson, W. H. (1947). A terminology for the anatomical characters useful in the taxonomy of weevil larvae.—Proc. ent. Soc. Wash., 49, pp. 123–132.Google Scholar
Anderson, W. H. (1949). Larvae of some genera of Calendrinae ( = Rhynchophorinae) and Stromboscerinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).—Ann. ent. Soc. Amer., 41, pp. 413–437.Google Scholar
Cuillé, J. (1950). Recherches sur le charançon du bananier, Cosmopolites sordidus, Germ.—Sér. tech. Inst. Fruits Agrumes colon., no. 4, 225 pp.Google Scholar
Froggatt, J. L. (1928). The Banana Weevil Borer in Java with notes on other crop pests.—Qd agric. J., 30, pp. 530–541.Google Scholar
Ghesquiére, J. (1927). La maladie du bananier au Congo Beige.—Rev. Zool. afr., 15 (Bull. Cercle zool. congol., 4, pp. 59–68).Google Scholar
Harris, W. V. (1947). The Banana Borer.—E. Afr. agric. J., 13, pp. 15–18.Google Scholar
SirMarshall, G. A. K. (1938). On the genus Temnoschoita, Chevr. (Col. Cure.).—Eev. Zool. Bot. afr., 30, pp. 321–326.Google Scholar
Whalley, P. E. S. (1957). The Banana Weevil and its control.—E. Afr. agric. J., 23, pp. 110–112.Google Scholar