Open AccessATTACK ON THE LEGUME STYLOSANTHES SCABRA (VOG.) BY PLATYOMOPS1S PEDICORNIS (F.) (COLEOPTERA: CERAMBYCIDAE)
Author(s) -
Hall* T. J.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1980.tb00986.x
Subject(s) - biology , longhorn beetle , legume , stylosanthes , shrub , botany , carpentaria , larva , horticulture , fishery
Larvae of Platyomopsis pedicornis axe recorded attacking mature plants of the introduced shrub legume Slylosanthes scabra (Vog.) at 3 sites in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria region of Queensland. The larvae, which hollow the tap root and lower main stem, killed all plants in a 0.3 ha study area.