Volume: 35 Issue: 3
First record and biology of coffee bean weevil (Araecerus fasciculatus De Geer) on pesticide plant (Melia azedarach L.) from Iran
Year: 2013, Page: 111-114, Doi: https://doi.org/10.62029/jmaps.v35i3.Ardakani
Received: Sept. 18, 2013 Accepted: Nov. 18, 2013 Published: Dec. 31, 2013
Araecerus fasciculatus was recorded for the first time in Iran on the seeds of medicinal and pesticide plant, Melia azedarach L. About 25% of the mature seeds were found infected by this pest. Biological studies carried out on the collected specimens during showed that females lay eggs on the immature, mature as well as dried harvested seeds. Larval nutrition, development and pupation occurred within the seeds. All motile stages of the pest developed throughout the year in the dried seeds. Adult male and female emerged through chewing of exit holes of the infected seeds. Multiple and overlapping generations of larvae, pupae, and adults were also visible in the infected seeds. The pest completed its life cycle within 43 day under the laboratory conditions.
Keywords: Araecerus fasciculatus, Coffee bean weevil, Melia azedarach, Life cycle, Persian lilac pest, Iran
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Abbas Salahi Ardakani, Hiva Nasserzadeh.2013. First record and biology of coffee bean weevil (Araecerus fasciculatus De Geer) on pesticide plant (Melia azedarach L.) from Iran. J Med Aromat Plant Sci 35: 111-114.
