First record of Acalles barbarus (Lucas) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Greece. A serious pest of caper in the island of Ios

Publication Type:Journal Article
:2008
Authors:C. Souliotis
Journal:Hellenic Plant Protection Journal
Volume:1
Pagination:42-45
Date Published:January
Type of Article:Article
:Acalles, Acalles barbarus
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Acalles barbarus (Lucas) (Col.: Curculionidae) was found in 2005 on caper (Capparis spinosa) plants of an organic crop in the island of Ios. It is a new species to the Greek entomological fauna. The insect attacks main shoots and twigs of the caper plants with the larvae boring galleries on them. Damaged twigs are short, rather thin and scrubby with small chlorotic leaves. First observations on biology and ethology of the insect in the area indicated that it completes one generation per year, hibernates at the larval stage inside capper twigs and adult appearance starts in mid-June to beginning of July.

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