Mango seed weevil, Sternochetus Mangiferae (FABR.): distribution in the Southeast Asian Region

S. G. Reyes

Issue Date

10-2003

Abstract

Specimens of mango weevil were borrowed from some Indonesian research centers covering Java, Sumatra and Borneo. Over 2000 specimens, mainly from different parts of Indonesia and Palawan, were examined. All of these turned out to be Sternochetus frigidus (Fabr.). Many of the older records, probably citing the presence of S. mangiferae in the Indonesian and also in the Philippines, are most likely misidentified specimens of S. frigidus. Bainbridge and Fletcher (1917), for example, cited that the mango pulp weevil, S. frigidus (Fabr.) (= Cryptorrhynchus gravis Faust) (Kalshoven, 1981). Mr. Notton of the Natural History Museum in London also initially confirmed specimens of S. mangiferae from Burma and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Source or Periodical Title

Philippine Entomologist

ISSN

0048-3753

Volume

17

Issue

2

Page

194

Document Type

Article

Frequency

semi-annually

Language

English

En – AGROVOC descriptors

CURCULIONIDAE; MANGINFERA INDICA; PLANT PESTS; DISTRIBUTION RECORDS; PHILIPPINES; INDONESIA

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