Scyphophorus acupunctatus Gyllenhal, 1938 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a pest of agave cocuy (Agave cocui Trelease) in the state of Falcon, Venezuela

Authors

  • Jose Gregorio Velazquez Rojas Laboratorio de Investigación y Servicios en Sanidad Vegetal. Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda
  • Luis J. Joly Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola., Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad Central de Venezuela
  • Jairo Tremont Laboratorio de Investigación y Servicios en Sanidad Vegetal. Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda

Keywords:

Picudo del agave, Programa Agave cocui, sisal.

Abstract

During an entomological survey at La Cienaga del Cerro La Horqueta , near the locality of Pecaya, Falcon state, Venezuela, plants of cocuy (Agave cocui) were observed with symptoms of wilt and rotted stems, which harbored large galleries with larvae and adults of the agave weevil, Scyphophorus acupunctatus Gyllenhal. This is the first record of this pest in this plant species for the state of Falcon.

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Author Biography

Jose Gregorio Velazquez Rojas, Laboratorio de Investigación y Servicios en Sanidad Vegetal. Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda

Profesor Universitario UNEFM- Coro. Area Manejo Integrado de Plagas, Fitopatologia- Microbiologia

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Published

2010-04-23

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 3 (2006)

Section

Comunicaciones Cortas