Myllocerus undecimpustulatus subsp. undatus Marshall 1916
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- 1. Department of Plant Medicine, Sunchon National University, Suncheon 57922, Korea
Description
Myllocerus undecimpustulatus undatus Marshall 1916
Myllocerus undatus Marshall 1916: 350. [Type locality: Ceylon —Weligama; Type in the British Museum]
Sri Lankan records. Marshall (1916: 350 —Weligama, Kandy); Voss (1957: 102 —Kurunegala, Puttalam, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Kandy, Haragama, Kantalai); Ramamurthy & Ghai (1988: 399).
Distribution. Sri Lanka.
Biological notes. The Sri Lankan weevil (Myllocerus undecimpustulatus undatus Marshall) has a wide host range of over 150 plant species including native, ornamental, vegetable and fruit species. Some host plant examples include Citrus spp., citrus; Conocarpus erectus, green buttonwood; Bauhinia x blakeana, Hong Kong orchid tree; Chrysobalanus icaco, cocoplum; Phoenix roebellenii, pygmy date palm; Prunus persica, peach; Lagerstroemia indica, crepe myrtle; Capsicum spp., pepper; Litchi chinensis, lychee; Muntingia calabura, strawberry tree; and Solanum melongena, eggplant. It is unclear what the larval host plants are, but they have been reared in the laboratory on pepper, eggplant, cotton, carrot, and sweet potato roots (Neal 2017).
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Marshall
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Curculionidae
- Genus
- Myllocerus
- Species
- undatus
- Taxon rank
- subSpecies
- Taxonomic concept label
- Myllocerus undecimpustulatus subsp. undatus Marshall, 1916 sec. Wijesinghe & Hong, 2025
References
- Marshall, G. A. K. (1916) Coleoptera. Rhynchophora: Curculionidae. In: Shipley, A. E. (Ed.), The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor & Francis, London, pp. i - xv + 1-367. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.100762
- Voss, E. (1957) Ceylonesische Curculioniden aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum zu Basel. Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel, 68, 97-118.
- Ramamurthy, V. V. & Ghai, S. (1988) A study on the genus Myllocerus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Oriental Insects, 22, 377-500. https://doi.org/10.1080/00305316.1988.11835496
- Neal, A. (2017) Sri Lankan weevil. UF / IFAS EENY- 579. Available from: https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/orn/sri_lankan_weevil.htm (accessed March 2024)