Pachyrrhynchid beetles: potential agricultural pests consequential to forest destruction

Issue Date

10-2008

Abstract

Pachyrrhynchid beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae) are endemic to the Philippines. They represent the largest group of snout beetles that thrive in less explored mountainous regions between 500 and 2000 m asl consisting of vast vegetation, open, mixed forests with dense undergrowth, along rivers and ravines or on ridges and mountains, with most species living on smaller trees, bushes, shrubs, or ferns. Current research on the group revealed that several species have been increasingly observed feeding on young shoots of existing cultivated crops on areas being converted to agricultural lands. With possible destruction of their forest habitats, they may have a high potential for becoming serious pests of agricultural crops.

Source or Periodical Title

Philippine Entomologist

ISSN

0048-3753

Volume

22

Issue

2

Page

217

Document Type

Article

Frequency

semi-annually

Language

English

En – AGROVOC descriptors

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; INSECTA; PLANT PESTS; ENDEMIC SPECIES

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