Open AccessPrimer reporte de Peltophorus polymitus Boheman (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) en tres especies de Agave (Asparagaceae) en México/ First report of Peltophorus polymitus Boheman (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on three species of Agave (Asparagaceae) in Mexico.
Author(s) -
Héctor GonzálezHernández,
Pedro Figueroa-Castro,
Ramón Rubio Cortés,
Robert W. Jones,
Jorge Váldez-Carrasco
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
acta zoológica mexicana
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2448-8445
pISSN - 0065-1737
DOI - 10.21829/azm.2015.3131090
Subject(s) - agave , asparagaceae , curculionidae , biology , anthonomus , botany
Peltophorus polymitus Boheman (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is recorded for the first time attacking Agave tequilana Weber var. Azul in Jalisco and Agave cupreata Trel. & Berger and Agave angustifolia Haw., in Guerrero. The variety of damages to Agave plants caused by this weevil are described.