The invasive red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is considered one of the world's most devastating insect pests to palm trees. It was observed that larvae of this pest are able to inhibit microbial growth on the rearing media when they start feeding and this observation has led us to study the effect of red palm weevils on various microbial species. T...

La plaga más importante en el cultivo de chile es Anthonomus eugenii (Cano, 1894) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). En México se ha reportado parasitismo natural diversos agentes control sobre picudo del chile. este trabajo describe por primera vez la presencia los parasitoides Jaliscoa hunteri (Crawford, 1908) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) y Urosigalphus sp. Braconidae) estado Puebla, con un porcenta...

Four palm species, previously unknown hosts for Rhynchophorus palmarum L. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), were killed by this invasive weevil in Balboa Park, San Diego County, California, USA. The 4 new species recorded as reproductive R. the first time are Brahea edulis, Jubaea chilensis, Phoenix reclinata, and Sabal bermudana (all Arecaceae). canariensis Chabaud (Arecaceae) is most highly attack...