Snakeweed flower head weevil: A finicky consumer of woody snakeweed?

Authors
Hussein, MA Payne, JB Richman, DB
Citation
Ma. Hussein et al., Snakeweed flower head weevil: A finicky consumer of woody snakeweed?, SW ENTOMOL, 24(3), 1999, pp. 193-198
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology/Pest Control
Journal title
SOUTHWESTERN ENTOMOLOGIST
ISSN journal
01471724 → ACNP
Volume
24
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
193 - 198
Database
ISI
SICI code
0147-1724(199909)24:3<193:SFHWAF>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Research was conducted to determine whether the snakeweed flower head weevi l, Anthonomus tenuis Fall, showed either feeding differences or differentia l larval survival between broom snakeweed, Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Sk inners, and threadleaf snakeweed, G. microcephala (DC) Gray. Results indica te that while adult weevils feed on both species, larvae are found only in the seed heads of broom snakeweed.