Ambos sexos de Scyphophorus acupunctatus (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae) pueden iniciar la colonización de la planta de agave (Asparagaceae)/Both sexes of Scyphophorus acupunctatus (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae) can start the colonization of the agave plant (Asparagaceae) | Zendy

Pedro Figueroa-Castro | Zendy; Héctor González-Hernández | Zendy; José Luis Carrillo-Sánchez | Zendy; J.I. del Real-Laborde | Zendy; Juan Fernando Solís-Aguilar | Zendy; Julio C. Rojas | Zendy

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Ambos sexos de Scyphophorus acupunctatus (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae) pueden iniciar la colonización de la planta de agave (Asparagaceae)/Both sexes of Scyphophorus acupunctatus (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae) can start the colonization of the agave plant (Asparagaceae)

Author(s) -

Pedro Figueroa-Castro,

Héctor González-Hernández,

José Luis Carrillo-Sánchez,

J.I. del Real-Laborde,

Juan Fernando Solís-Aguilar,

Julio C. Rojas

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

acta zoológica mexicana (n s )

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2448-8445

pISSN - 0065-1737

DOI - 10.21829/azm.2015.3131097

Subject(s) - agave , asparagaceae , biology , botany , horticulture

This study was conducted for determining the pioneer sex of agave weevil on agave plants. Field experiments were made on plantations of Agave tequilana Weber var. Azul in Jalisco, and Agave angustifolia Haw. and Agave cupreata Trel. & Berger in Guerrero. It was found that both sexes were able to start colonizing agave host plants. Most of the females that colonized host plants were gravid.

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